I had no plans to read Gabrielle Zevin’s bestseller Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow because I thought it was about gaming. On that basis, I figured I was not the target audience and had pretty much dismissed it. But then my best reading buddy said that she’d loved it, adding that it wasn’t really about gaming but relationships. Okay, a relationship story… my favourite.

My reading buddy was right. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is about friendship and love, but also creativity, collaboration, art, narrative structure, and the hero’s journey. Gaming provides the backdrop, or more specifically an intersection for the main characters, Sam and Sadie. Continue reading →