I have to ask but why must every single book nowadays push an agenda? Can’t I have a good story without pushing politics? Is that too much to ask?
‘Today Tonight Tomorrow’ by Rachel Lynn Solomon starts out as a cute idea.
High school ends and there’s a massive scavenger hunt for the students. Had this been the only part of the book I’d be ok (Side note: tech kid didn’t have a disk? Really?)
The character of Rowan is not someone I could warm up to at all. She’s upset she didn’t best Neil. Neil who was really doing good for the school and Rowan was pushing gender-neutral bathrooms and compost?
So as you can tell this book adds every social justice issue we can think of and puts it in the book.No I’m not kidding. Vegan, Drugs you name it, its in here.
Without warning in the middle of this book suddenly everyone is Jewish (ok) and talking about antisemitism (why is this topic in this book?).
You get a hint at the 2016 election in the author’s note (because why not).
But the story that happens in 24 hour time frame becomes repetitive. I get it the girl likes romance novels. For a character who demands so much of others put your foot down and declare I like romance novels so what if others do or don’t. We get it.
She wants to write (guess what romance novels) but never once has she published fan fiction or even self-published her own work (even under a fake name)?
Also, what’s up with Neil? I thought the entire time it was leading up to him being in a foster family. Instead we get that his father is in jail (how long his prison sentence is never is said) and he’s also Jewish. Shrugs.
Predictable ending as to who wins the race. Which brings me to another point. Other players in the game seemed more into it and yet the person who wins has time to get dinner and do X,Y&Z?
‘Today Tonight Tomorrow’ could have been good book but in the end turned out to be “to much’.