This Time Tomorrow

Generally a fun, lighthearted time-traveling page turner with some surprisingly deep and touching commentary on father-daughter relationships. Marin Ireland was a fab narrator for the audiobook. A book club pick win!

3.5 rounded up. The beginning of this story needed more about Alice and her father’s relationship. The middle was fluffy and dragged on and on… The end was beautiful, and honest, and heart wrenching, and hopeful. I found myself feeling guilty for being bored in the middle, but so thankful I finished this read.

i cried 🥲

“The way you spend your days is the way you send your life” this book wow what a good book, although I am not one to be speechless but here I am at a loss for words to properly convey how good this one. It’s science fiction but in a way that is still so true and endearing. really really well done book that was so different then what I thought it was going to be when I started it.

a very wholesome time-travel and family story. I loved that there was no drama, it was very sweet

I’m not usually one for time travel books, but I loved this book’s cover. And it pleasantly surprised me. I loved that the whole book is basically a love letter from daughter to father. Their relationship was so sweet, and the ending almost made me cry. I didn’t completely connect with the female MC, so I didn’t give it 5 ✨. There was also a part in the beginning which delved too deep into time travel/convention life that I didn’t care for. I also didn’t understand a lot of the book references for time travel, but that is more my fault. I thought the writing was wonderful. The short chapters made it a quick read. And I’ll be reading Emma Straub’s backlist now.

3.5/5

This is a lovely story. A sorry of a father and daughter and choices and love.

The time travel aspect is very subtle, and provides opportunity to Alice to see her father healthy again.

It is a very sweet story and I love that the author intended it as a love letter to her father.

It was a quick and easy read and I very much enjoyed it.

It was just what I needed. Inspiring, thought provoking, funny and tear-jerking. The best Emma Straub has written so far, by far!!! Highly, highly recommend!!!

Time travelling father-daughter rekindling adventures got me in TEARS bro. So good.

The ending was hopeful. I was especially touched by the last conversation between her and her dad. Was a slow start for me, but I’m glad finished it.

I really enjoyed this one I thought it was the perfect story about how one decision can change a lot of things in your life. I really enjoyed the pace of this one, I feel like the author could have dragged it on and on but did a good job not doing that !

I read this in one day! I couldn’t put it down. I loved the New York setting, I loved the father and daughter relationship of Leonard and Alice. I loved Alice and Sam’s friendship. This book made my heart happy and I cried a few tears at the end. So good!!!

extra half star after realizing it’s loosely based on the author’s relationship with her dad who passed shortly after publication 🥺

Ahhh I wanted to love this book so badly, but it was just okay.

I miss my dad. I wish I had a Time Machine to go back and see him alive again. I wish I knew what hospice meant at the time like Alice did.

When 40 year old Alice finds herself suddenly back to 1996 and her 16th birthday, surprised is an understatement. But when she sees her ailing father back to full health and as charming as she remembers, she realises her chance for extra time and a possibility to change her future, and by extension save her dad.

This book was weird in a wonderfully wholesome and heartfelt way, exploring the concept of infinite futures based off the choices we make during one day. There is a cat that never seems to age, and so many paths explored, reminding me of The Midnight Library in that regard.

A quick, easy, sentimental read, forcing you to face the need to embrace those you love in the present, rather than keep trying to live in the past or an infinite future.

3.7

If you love the movie About Time… if you liked Midnight Library… if you liked Addie La Rue - Going back to About Time though - seriously if you love that movie you’re going to love this. 🎂 We follow Alice Stern beginning on her 40th birthday. Her life so far had been largely devoid of choices - sort of falling into her job, into a relationship. Generally it’s pretty meh. But in the midst of this meh, she’s managing grief as her father, Leonard Stern, is dying of a mysterious disease. Leonard is the the famous author of the cult classic time travel book made into TV series Time Brothers. And if it you didn’t read the back of the book, that’s some hard core foreshadowing for you. Alice ends up reverse “13 Going in 30-ing” and time travels back to her 16th birthday. And thus her quest begins to change how her life is in the present. My Thoughts: The first half of this book is slow. It took me a week to get through page 160 and then BAM 💥 we take off. That’s when this beautiful narrative around Alice and her father really kicks off and I couldn’t put it down from there point on. This book has some of my favorite hopeful lines on loss and grief. I shed quite a few tears at the end. It’s incredible sweet and serves as a reminder that: A. Even when people are gone, they’re still with you. ❤️ B. Make some choices in your life. There’s always time to change the future. 🕰 Final verdict: love this book - pick it up. Sprint through the first 150 pages and then savor the rest ✨

3.7