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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved the book so much and think the BOTM award was well deserved.

I loved the characters, how well developed they were, and I loved how I thought the story was going in one direction with Sam and Sadie and it went in another.  Books are so often predictable and this one wasn’t.  I loved how I was transported back in time with the vintage references, and especially loved how Sam connected with Sadie inside the video game in the latter half of the book.

I really thought the book was a gem.[/quote]

Agree with all of this. I read a lot of books, and most of them don’t stick with me. This one did. My son just finished it and loved it, as well.

The complexity of the characters was the best part for me; I wanted to shake Sam and Sadie by the shoulders sometimes, but that’s because they were so well-drawn that I cared about them. I really appreciated the depth she gave Marx, the “NPC”; many authors would have allowed him to be two-dimensional, but she was so intentional about ensuring he was fully conceived.

I read and enjoyed AJ Fikry and Young Jane Young, as well, but not nearly as much as Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I liked AJ Fikry least of the three.

And FWIW for others who liked this book and are looking for recommendations, The Love Songs of WEB DuBois had the same effect on me. I’m not saying they are similar tonally or structurally, but the character development is very strong in both, and Love Songs stuck with me the way Tomorrow did. [/quote]

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