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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

13 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

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I didn't particularly like or dislike the book, it was a nice read, I just wasn't really connected to the characters and parts of the story. I quite liked the first half of the book, rather enjoyable. I liked learning about the characters, the game design world and other things related to the coding and what not. I was really entertained during then. Unfortunately, I did not feel the same for the later part of the book. There were random kissing with friends, lots of random sexual content, etc. Also Dov is really disgusting but I can also see why Sadie still wants to be his friend although he is a predator going for young girls... I really liked the friendship between Sam and Sadie and the process in which they designed the games and created the games. I think it was not something we often see in books where the main characters are usually lovers. Pretty nice perspective. Additionally, I really loved Marx! He's such a kind and genuine person and he has helped Sam a lot with his injury and caring for him. I LOVE the grandparents! They're so sweet and nice, they sound like lovely people :) I felt the ending was a very nice closure to the entire book, although nearing the end iykyk was SO sad :C To think that such things actually happen in real life and is as abrupt as it was in the book...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Vomit

roget's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Car accident, Cancer, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicide, Misogyny, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Racism, Blood, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

issyd23's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-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

3.0

Great writing, super nerdy 3 👾 TLDR woman does all the work and gets 0 credit… typical 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

theespressoedition's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

boop_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

Beautiful book. Definitely worth the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Abortion and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

josylovesya's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

the language was too flowery and didn’t match the plot at all and led to me taking forever to finish. and then the two main characters were boring and the one interesting character they did so dirty and for no reason. only gave it an extra star bc it did manage to make me cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Blood, Cancer, and Car accident

ckincade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Blood, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Spoiler

depiction of a mass shooting

ajhowe2's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Body horror, Racism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

sydapel's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-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? No

4.25

A book that will leave an ache in me for quite awhile. This was a bit over hyped in my opinion, but I can't deny the beautiful and oftentimes inventive way that Zevin creates a world through and around Sadie and Sam. Primarily though, this is a book about trauma and pain and the love we find despite all that, which is important to know before you pick this up. It also speaks beautifully to creativity and imagination and what we seek when we play. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug abuse