Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Paperback – 29 June 2023

This book had me enthralled from the first page till the last. Cannot recommend this enough! I am not a gamer and yet found myself lost in the world of gaming and in the complicated yet beautiful relationships in the book.

Enjoyed it thoroughly. A tale of friendship and all that comes and goes with it. May not be for everyone. And definitely, not perfect. Still, I would recommend it.

I like how detailed, deep and well written the characters are; mostly gray - emphasises on how people cling to their emotions or thoughts - not necessarily fully reasoned every time. We surely can draw parallels in real world about pursuing to feel or feeling special when working with someone - when for some reason you feel all the freedom in the world to experiment and push your mind to limits, or think up things contrary to your beliefs for the sake of argument - all things which you could never have done alone, or you ever thought you could come up with. Love is common but the above feeling can be uncommon; but definitely rarest would be being able to find the partner to the “love” the love and “work” the work together - as it should have hopefully ended in case of Sadie and Sam, sensing the tone in the last few paragraphs of the novel.It is written in an authentic, elegant and classical style with modern gamery twist, giving due respect to tropes like: childhood trauma, systemic inequalities and gamer nerds.

Every bookworm should read this book. It’s a page-turner!

I liked it. But all the while couldn’t help feeling that it misses something. Can’t put a finger on it (maybe I am not into games so failed to relate…). It still is a good light read though. Loved Sam, Sadie & their chemistry.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is the first book I read this year and it left my heart aching. It’s about love and friendship and human growth and I love all the aspects of it. I connected with Sam and Sadie pretty quick however as I don’t know much about video games and I don’t really play any, all the video games talk lost me a little.When it comes to characters I understood Sam a bit more than Sadie from the very start, the way he was always honest about his opinions while hiding his pain, and this might be because his injury reminded me of Jude from A Little Life. Reading about way the two characters worked together and brought out the best in each other was a delight. I really felt for Marx and the special chapter (trying not to give a spoiler) was just so beautifully crafted it took me a second to realise what was actually going on. Marx was the person I wanted everyone in the book to be like, which is obviously not possible and too good to be true.I also liked the way how almost three decades are depicted and all kinds of human emotions are presented. It’s a story which lingers around you for a while and is a tough one to get over.

Absolutely devoured this book. So well put together, intricately genius and brilliantly researched branches of thoughts. The friendships, the existence and loss of it, the connections of plots and realisations will make you scream out of joy! So, please add this to your reading list.

One of those books that helps you understand the power of friendship and the power of empathy and kindness that is present in the virtual world as compared to the real one that we live in