Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

180 reviews

laurataylor's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

bonjoery's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I had a good time with the book and its characters, would have liked to continued reading further 🙂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Xenophobia, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Cancer

auudrey's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Abortion

sunshineshazam's review against another edition

emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Car accident, Antisemitism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Ableism, Murder, Hate crime, Vomit, Gun violence, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

maddiebusick's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Cursing, Classism, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Cancer, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

nickibreading's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good book! Lot of show not tell w the characters. I was a bit frustrated by

Spoiler

Marx’s death because it felt cliché and unnessecary…Sadie and Sam shouldn’t be together…but I thought the commentary on video game character death was really intriguing.

I hated Dov, he’s a disgusting character imo, but Sam and Sadie and Marx were all very interesting. The book just felt a teenie but flat so I can’t rate it any higher. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

This book was underwhelming and boring for me. I didn’t care or feel I really connected with the characters. It was frustrating to read how toxic Sam and Sadie were to each other. A lot of it could be solved by better communication.

The narration, while easy to read, also had some issues. Too much tell, not much show. It felt slow and focused too much on the game designing process, in my opinion. The social commentary included in this story felt forced to me. That and the author’s constant use of archaic vocabulary felt pretentious. I felt this book was lacking in depth for what the author was trying to accomplish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

Sadie dates her professor, who has a crass sense of humor and is creepy and disgusting. He

Spoiler

literally sexually assaults her

and the narrative claims it’s all consensual. Still gross to read. Also there are BDSM references.

abi0609's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

since i adore coming of age books, another aspect of the book i loved was sam and sadies relationship. the book is a deep dive into platonic relationships and how they exist sometimes more deeply than romantic ones. i find this idea comforting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

bespectacledscribbler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Grief, Death, Suicide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Rape, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The first two chapters were a bit rough, and I didn’t love the style of the language, but I kept reading because I was intrigued. And then I read the third chapter and was hooked. By the end, I was in love. 

I didn’t find Sadie and Sam particularly likable, but I completely understood their motivations and their choices were believable. 

This was a really ambitious book, and I think Zevin executed it really well. You can tell she put in a lot of time researching to make it realistic. It’s clearly a love letter to gaming, and I really appreciated the style of the different sections. I think it added a lot to the narrative. This is definitely a book that I will enjoy even more on a future read, though having a physical copy would make it easier to flip back to remind myself of different sections. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and War

Not a true adult/minor relationship, but the power dynamic was definitely like one. The ableism is more internalized.