Reviews tagging Suicide

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

283 reviews

ruthjenkins's review against another edition

emotional

• 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

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Car accident, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

tharumi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abortion, Blood, and Cancer

amynbell's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

Everyone seems to adore this book, but I found it a slog to read. There were certainly things I could relate to:
*Playing non-shooter video games like Myst in the mid to late 1990s
*Having a guy best friend in high school that I created with and wished it would go beyond platonic
*Realizing that my best friend and I only had a surface-level friendship
*Experiencing pain strong enough to nearly render me unconscious (oddly enough, while I was reading the book)

I appreciated the ongoing interplay between the characters because I've done that dance before. But, honestly, it wasn't enough to keep me interested in the book. There's hardly any plot beyond Sam's foot pain, the characters continuing to make different popular video games together, and the love triangles. Oh, and then there's the Big Sad Thing that happens that makes readers cry if they cared about the characters more than I did.

Meh. It just wasn't for me. Don't NOT read it because I didn't like it. To each their own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

cylite's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is so amazing. It touches on so many important topics (racism, female struggle and tragedy, chronic health issues, etc) and tells a realistic story that shows how life is unforgiving and oftentimes unfair. The events and characters in this story show how every person's reality is built around their perceptions, whether they are true or not, and these perceptions may never align with true reality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Drug use

amcghig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy

allisonplus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

vtleon715's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

mrsbennettsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

I’m not actually sure how I feel about this book. I didn’t love it, didn’t dislike it. It was a slow burn. And I think it’s highly character driven while we learn more about all of the characters. It jumps around in time with no warning, which I can see how that could be confusing for some. You go from rooting for the characters to wanting to yell at them to stop being so dumb. It’s a good tale of friendship and how it changes over the years. I’m giving the book 4 stars. But I have a hunch I’ll be thinking about this one a lot and will probably raise my rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, and Cancer

mmmmmm's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-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

4.5

This was the first book that I just couldn't put down and stayed up to read in a long time. highlights: 
- oh my GOD I want to play Ichigo so badly
- Marx has a whole piece of my heart and is a sorely undersold part of the book
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Spoiler

I know it's complicated but i still hate the older video game man

- this gave me the exact same feeling I would get when reading a literary-leaning YA coming of age as a teenager (and I mean this as the utmost compliment).

Spoiler

I still cannot fathom WHY the game that would bring them back together at the end was a shooter of all things though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Grief, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Cancer, and Car accident

ticvoria_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death