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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

32 reviews

electraheart05's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Sexism, Antisemitism, Racism, Mental illness, Car accident, and Cancer

coookiecat's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Ableism, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Gore, Terminal illness, and Antisemitism

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Animal cruelty

zoiejanelle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

this book is about love that transcends time and space. and also video games.

if i could give 6 stars, i would. this book destroyed me time and time again and put me back together with such love and thoughtfulness. my love for these characters is unending, and i can’t wait to read again to pick up on more of the literary allusions and references that really made this book shine. 

i am not a gamer nor do i think i ever will be, but Zevin made the gaming world so lush and fascinating AND easy to become immersed in. not only were the various plot threads anf conflicts  interesting, the games that Sam & Sadie (and Marx) made made me envious that i wasn’t a character in this parallel world. 

the star of the show here was Zevin’s unique ability to develop characters and entice the reader to connect with each. both Sam and Sadie were somehow so relatable to me that my heart felt tugged in opposite directions when their (very realistic, very important) conflicts split them throughout the book. and seeing each of them in each other’s eyes—especially seeing how Sam viewed Sadie throughout their lives despite their disagreements—was so raw and special. i often cried at the warm and affectionate light in which each of them held each other, and that their intimacy and deep, relentless connection allowed them to persevere through the hardest of trials. it was both so easy and so hard at the same time, to believe two people could love and hate each other so much. 

the depth of this book, too, was astonishing. the references to other works, the repetition of key phrases with altered meaning, the parallelism, the themes of love, identity, grief, death, and good old fashioned meaning of life… this book really challenged me to ask myself some tough questions but in the same breath was encouraging and comforting in a way i’d never really experienced before. 

i absolutely wept at the end, but in a good way. how could i not? this was a truly remarkable book that i can’t wait to read again.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Antisemitism, Abortion, and Addiction

marv_elous's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

Spoiler

This was one of the first books in years that’s made me cry. Marx’s death got to me a LOT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Racism

There are prevalent discussions of sexism and racism in the gaming space, homophobia, and severe fun violence

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

What I enjoyed so much about this novel was the detailed descriptions of video game design. The conceptualization, the story building, the coding and development, the marketing, etc. That was so fascinating as a video game lover.
Reading and getting all these easter egg references to games we know and love was so cool. The references of MGS, Harvest Moon, etc were exciting to come across and hear what Gabrielle Zevin/her characters thought of them. This left me wanting the fictional games to play for myself.
Some of these chapters were so viscerally AMAZING. (spoiler free) - The portions with Sam's mother and their gruesome and tragic discovery on the sidewalk, the thrilling and also tragic scene with Marx at the office, these scenes are so memorable and were written like perfect jewels of narrative.
Some of the toxic friendship and toxic romance stuff wasn't my cuppa but I can see why others would like it.
All in all, there were aspects that I enjoyed more and some less, but I did think this was engrossing, deep, complex, and fun. I recommend especially for gamers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Genocide

carolynkwolff's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Violence, Antisemitism, and Racial slurs

librosylagrimas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

este libro es único. creo que en mi vida había leído algo como esto y estoy muy feliz de haberlo hecho. muchas veces pienso que es casi imposible incluir muchos temas en un solo libro pero Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow habla de la enfermedad, del éxito profesional, de los video juegos, de la pobreza, del dolor crónico, del machismo, del duelo, de la identidad, de la perdida y más, al fin al cabo esa es la vida y Gabrielle Zevin logró retratarla de la forma más perfecta mostrando la vida de Sam y Sadie. lloré, me reí, fui feliz, me sentí vacía y para el final sentí que había pasado años del lado de los personajes. es una obra de arte que estoy segura va a terminar convirtiéndose en un clásico.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Mental illness

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

4.0

As a big gamer, I thought this was a really excellent insight into the subtle (and less subtle) ways misogyny impacts women in games and their relationships with colleagues. It was, at times, absolutely beautiful and moving and there was a moment I had to put it down because I just couldn’t read on because I knew it would break me. 



Content warnings: death of a loved one, death of parent, mass gun violence, amputation, chronic pain, cancer, car accident, suicide, depression, post-partum depression, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, abortion, anti-semitism, homophobia, anti-Asian violence, grief, sexism and misogyny in the games industry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Cancer, Car accident, Suicide, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

aabubuyog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

4.0

it took me two attempts to start this because the beginning was quite slow but once i pushed through the first 50 pages, it became very addictive. the story is raw, heartbreaking, and real. i think i will be thinking about this one for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Dementia, and Homophobia