Caleb Berens’s Reviews > Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow > Status Update

okay this is tragic and so sad and tender but Sam is on that growth/redemption arc and I truly did not anticipate it. I’m hopefully gonna finish this soon but I’ve loved it so far.

that was the best? most devastating, horrifying, beautifying, heart wrenching, chapter of any book I’ve ever read (I’m no certified bibliophile but still) I quite literally almost cried in the middle of work.

TENNNNNSEEEE. I do think it’s a touch strange to tease something so Grey’s Anatomy level decimating and then have it resolved right away but still…

Also things in the personal realm are REALLY starting to heat up now that we are in the back half.

“She had said that Sam didn’t know her, but he knew her well enough to know what her face looked like when she was in love.” Is this what a Taylor Swift album feels like to Swifties? I hate this (complementary). I know Sam is flawed, he’s cold, he is cut off but just under the surface of the trauma is all that love. Sadie shouldn’t have to, but I’m begging her to end this beef. 🥩

BOOOOO!!! the only chapter I haven’t vibed with. Felt like a side quest that should have been folded into mainlining the story. (Sadie don’t do this)

Okay what?? Sam actually being the better developer is NOT what I saw coming. Sadie’s gonna bounce back though, you just know it. Also don’t tease me with Sadie admitting to herself that she HAS thought of Sam like that.

this resentment is killing me (complementary). probably the grossest sex scene(consensual) ever before but it really highlights the ACTUAL love Sam has for Sadie. They need to figure this out (even though the flash forwards spell doom). Overall, I’m just as invested as when I put this down.

The pit in my stomach at the Mulholland Dr. scene…

The pits in my stomach during the last chapter of this section…

I think Sadie is fairly right for being upset but I REALLY hope this doesn’t become a “I can’t talk about so let’s just live in hatred, leave everything unaddressed” type scenario. Bc if it does…

YES! SADIE LEAVE THAT HOE-BOY!!!!

jokes aside, i think this was arguably the best stretch of the book yet. I have absolutely ATE up all the “creative process” stuff, the game design, the storytelling, it’s all delivered in a very visual and gripping way. BUT I was waiting for this. Now I care more about THEM, not just what they do, if that makes sense. We finally are seeing the drama build, I’m locked in.

Just when you think things are gonna be happy… and they are… but that flashback is just so very brutal and sad. I’m waiting to see the validity of these flashbacks and what they will add to Sam in “present day”. Meanwhile; Sadie is displaced (to Dov’s of all places) and I hate that for her.