See You Yesterday
A New York Times bestseller!
From the author of Today Tonight Tomorrow comes a magical, “emotionally savvy[,] and genuinely romantic” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) story in the vein of Groundhog Day about a girl forced to relive her disastrous first day of college—only to discover that her nemesis is stuck in the time loop with her.
Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in her physics class, she botches her interview for the college paper, and at a party that night, she accidentally sets a frat on fire. She panics and flees, and when she realizes her roommate locked her out of their dorm, she falls asleep in the common room.
The next morning, Barrett’s perplexed to find herself back in her dorm room bed, no longer smelling of ashes and crushed dreams. It’s September 21st. Again. And after a confrontation with Miles, the guy from Physics 101, she learns she’s not alone—he’s been trapped for months.
When her attempts to fix her timeline fail, she agrees to work with Miles to find a way out. Soon they’re exploring the mysterious underbelly of the university and going on wild, romantic adventures. As they start falling for each other, they face the universe’s biggest unanswered question yet: what happens to their relationship if they finally make it to tomorrow?
From the author of Today Tonight Tomorrow comes a magical, “emotionally savvy[,] and genuinely romantic” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) story in the vein of Groundhog Day about a girl forced to relive her disastrous first day of college—only to discover that her nemesis is stuck in the time loop with her.
Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in her physics class, she botches her interview for the college paper, and at a party that night, she accidentally sets a frat on fire. She panics and flees, and when she realizes her roommate locked her out of their dorm, she falls asleep in the common room.
The next morning, Barrett’s perplexed to find herself back in her dorm room bed, no longer smelling of ashes and crushed dreams. It’s September 21st. Again. And after a confrontation with Miles, the guy from Physics 101, she learns she’s not alone—he’s been trapped for months.
When her attempts to fix her timeline fail, she agrees to work with Miles to find a way out. Soon they’re exploring the mysterious underbelly of the university and going on wild, romantic adventures. As they start falling for each other, they face the universe’s biggest unanswered question yet: what happens to their relationship if they finally make it to tomorrow?
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See You Yesterday, Rachel Lynn Solomon’s latest YA novel about two freshman college students forced to repeat their first day of college when they find themselves stuck in a time loop, never grew repetitive despite its ‘groundhog day’ trope. I found myself excited to watch these two sweet characters discover something new each day about themselves and each other.
Ever since I worked in a video rental store as a teenager, choosing to play Bill Murray’s hilarious film Groundhog Day on repeat, I’ve been drawn to time loop stories. I tend to find the repetition comforting and the concept fascinating. The idea of the universe giving us second, third, multiple chances to redo our mistakes is a tempting one.
This was my first book by Solomon, despite having several of her other books waiting on my to-be-read list. Well-written with endearing characters, Solomon has created a story that brought back memories and feelings of my own youth, graduating high school and entering college.
Barrett is a character to cheer, she’s brash and brave and real. My heart hurt for her as her past was revealed. And while Miles is much more of a puzzle, by the end he’s a teddy bear I want to hug and protect. Solomon delicately reveals each layer of these characters with an expert hand, building on what they discover each new “day”, and by the end I felt like I knew them so very well.
I love the freedom the time loop storyline lends to the plot. The characters can explore this strange universe, testing theories, playing with possibilities, and the reader gets to tag along. Mistakes and bad decisions will be made, but we know they can start over and try again. And Barrett and Miles have plenty of fun, as well, as they try to figure out what the universe is telling them.
See You Yesterday also had a bit of a twist at the end from what I’ve seen other time loop stories do and I appreciated the surprise! This was a fun one to get lost in, full of heart and charm!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you to Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers and Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy.
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Ever since I worked in a video rental store as a teenager, choosing to play Bill Murray’s hilarious film Groundhog Day on repeat, I’ve been drawn to time loop stories. I tend to find the repetition comforting and the concept fascinating. The idea of the universe giving us second, third, multiple chances to redo our mistakes is a tempting one.
This was my first book by Solomon, despite having several of her other books waiting on my to-be-read list. Well-written with endearing characters, Solomon has created a story that brought back memories and feelings of my own youth, graduating high school and entering college.
Barrett is a character to cheer, she’s brash and brave and real. My heart hurt for her as her past was revealed. And while Miles is much more of a puzzle, by the end he’s a teddy bear I want to hug and protect. Solomon delicately reveals each layer of these characters with an expert hand, building on what they discover each new “day”, and by the end I felt like I knew them so very well.
I love the freedom the time loop storyline lends to the plot. The characters can explore this strange universe, testing theories, playing with possibilities, and the reader gets to tag along. Mistakes and bad decisions will be made, but we know they can start over and try again. And Barrett and Miles have plenty of fun, as well, as they try to figure out what the universe is telling them.
See You Yesterday also had a bit of a twist at the end from what I’ve seen other time loop stories do and I appreciated the surprise! This was a fun one to get lost in, full of heart and charm!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you to Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers and Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy.
Check out my reviews and playlists at A Book Wanderer
This was fun to read and very cute, though not very unexpected. It definitely gave rom-com, but there was some depth to it as well that kept it from being just cheese. I enjoyed the Groundhog Day concept and didn’t find the repeating days boring as some others felt it was.
This story was probably a 4-star for the most part. I liked the main character, and even though she made very frustrating choices at times, they were choices that made sense for a teen who was just starting college. I really liked her relationship with her mom (though my audiobook narrator’s voice for the mom was annoying).
HOWEVER!!! The other main character, Miles, was written in such a stereotypical way. He’s Jewish and Japanese, and it’d be nice representation if it weren’t actually offensive. He’s characterized as a nerd who only loves physics and the library, is socially awkward, super stiff, doesn’t show emotions, and doesn’t have any experience with girls. The main character, Barrett, literally describes him as “a guy who could only love a textbook” at one point. Of COURSE, she manages to melt him and get him to show emotions and have fun!!! Miles had some nice backstory woven in with his brother that partially explains why he is the way he is, but it was not enough at all. This book is from 2022. I can’t imagine why the author decided to make this character the way he was. She wrote about his awkwardness or nerdiness seemingly every 10 minutes. At no point did she think, “Hm, maybe I shouldn’t make a Jewish-Japanese character an overly smart, awkward nerd, something that is a limiting and harmful stereotype for both Jewish people AND Asians?”
Rating: I want to give the book 2 stars just for that, but that feels overly harsh because I did enjoy a lot of it. So I’m being nice and giving it 3.
Category: Jewish MC
This story was probably a 4-star for the most part. I liked the main character, and even though she made very frustrating choices at times, they were choices that made sense for a teen who was just starting college. I really liked her relationship with her mom (though my audiobook narrator’s voice for the mom was annoying).
HOWEVER!!! The other main character, Miles, was written in such a stereotypical way. He’s Jewish and Japanese, and it’d be nice representation if it weren’t actually offensive. He’s characterized as a nerd who only loves physics and the library, is socially awkward, super stiff, doesn’t show emotions, and doesn’t have any experience with girls. The main character, Barrett, literally describes him as “a guy who could only love a textbook” at one point. Of COURSE, she manages to melt him and get him to show emotions and have fun!!! Miles had some nice backstory woven in with his brother that partially explains why he is the way he is, but it was not enough at all. This book is from 2022. I can’t imagine why the author decided to make this character the way he was. She wrote about his awkwardness or nerdiness seemingly every 10 minutes. At no point did she think, “Hm, maybe I shouldn’t make a Jewish-Japanese character an overly smart, awkward nerd, something that is a limiting and harmful stereotype for both Jewish people AND Asians?”
Rating: I want to give the book 2 stars just for that, but that feels overly harsh because I did enjoy a lot of it. So I’m being nice and giving it 3.
Category: Jewish MC
Rachel Lynn Solomon, you've done it again. The queen of funny, swoon-worthy romcoms with compelling character development. Genuinely delightful.
Absolutely loved it, the only thing that kinda of brought down my rating was the fact that the whole “time travel” thing didn’t really make any sense.
This had potential at being really good but it did annoy me at points. I felt like the characters didn't have a lot of chemistry in my opinion. I feel like they only liked each other because they were going through the same thing. The description on the back of the book hooked me in but I feel like the book could've done so much more.
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