I’m feeling so validated to see this one at the top, it was far and away the worst thing I’ve read all year. I’ve always taken Good Reads with a huge grain of salt but the reviews here were shockingly positive. To each their own, art is subjective, etc., etc., but I really can’t help but think anyone who truly loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow has never
read something that couldn’t be adapted into a Hallmark movie. That’s the only explanation I can think of that would make the non-linear character development seem groundbreaking or even interesting. As OP highlighted, the prose wouldn’t even be graded well in a high school level creative writing class.
I’m feeling so validated to see this one at the top, it was far and away the worst thing I’ve read all year. I’ve always taken Good Reads with a huge grain of salt but the reviews here were shockingly positive. To each their own, art is subjective, etc., etc., but I really can’t help but think anyone who truly loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow has never read something that couldn’t be adapted into a Hallmark movie. That’s the only explanation I can think of that would make the non-linear character development seem groundbreaking or even interesting. As OP highlighted, the prose wouldn’t even be graded well in a high school level creative writing class.