And somebody decided that was just fair game.” Todd Doughty, Knopf Doubleday’s senior vice president for publicity and communications, was quoted in reply: “‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ is a work of fiction and when crafting a novel, every author draws from the world around them. “It is the one thing I will have to show for dedicating my life to games. “I have no doubt that Train is the best game I’ll probably make,” Romero said. In March 2023, game designer Brenda Romero told The Washington Post that the game Solution represents a substantial, uncredited appropriation of Romero's own game, Train, and the way "being complicit" was presented by Romero as the theme and purpose of the game is presented as if invented by the one of book's protagonists and by extension the book's author. Indigo and Kirkus also included Tomorrow in their lists of the best books of the year. Amazon named the novel the best book of 2022. It continued to be an Apple Books best seller in August and was also a Belletrist Book Club pick. In July 2022, it was a book club pick for Amerie and Barnes & Noble, as well as an Apple Books best seller for Fiction and Literature. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was a New York Times Best Seller, being listed on its 2022 Notable Books List, and an IndieBound best seller.
NPR's Maureen Corrigan praised the "big, beautifully written" book for placing a non-romantic relationship at its center, and for taking on the issue of cultural appropriation. Paste recommended readers listen to the audiobook to better navigate "the complex, perspective-shifting format". Wired called the novel "utterly absorbing", and The New York Times Book Review referred to it as "delightful and absorbing" and "expansive and entertaining". In a review for The Washington Post, Ron Charles wrote favorably of the book's moral complexity, and related its Shakespearean title to the generative possibilities inherent in gameplay. Publishers Weekly called the novel "a one-of-a-kind achievement". Kirkus said the novel is "ure to enchant even those who have never played a video game in their lives".
The novel was well received by critics, including starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. According to Zevin, she also drew inspiration for her main characters from actual game designers, including Ken Williams, Roberta Williams, John Carmack, and John Romero. Zevin has said that some of the fictional video games in the book were inspired by real-life games and events, such as the fictional video game Solution, which was "a take on Train", and the fictional video game Pioneers, which reflected her own feelings about playing Stardew Valley. Over the course of three decades, the relationship between two friends, Sadie Green and Sam Masur, changes as they develop a Japanese-themed game that draws critical attention. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin.
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