Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

761 reviews

msolomon's review against another edition

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

It’s beautiful and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Suicide, and Car accident

natrix's review

informative slow-paced

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

1.0

It started out really good, but from there it went downhill.. I don't know what the author wanted me to get out of this book. It's just a list of seemingly random events, touching on a lot of problems in society, but so lazily done.. It is never developed in a way that makes me feel invested.. Then suddenly there is a whole new set of characters, that are never really introduced that have a major role in the biggest plotpoint... It's just a mess..

And normally I don't rate book 1 star if it kept my interest long enough, but I will redact some points for 

Spoiler

using a false narrative used by anti-abortion groups (remorse and grieve of losing 'a child') as a throwaway line that is not even important and are never even revisited in the story at all..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Car accident, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abortion

agirlsnightbookbash's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I think this might be one of my least favorite books ever. I have loved so much of Zevin's work this one caught me so off guard. I don't understand the hype and how none gamers could slog through this. I am a gamer and I struggled. The book is pretentious. The characters are awful. There is no plot to speak of. No. No. No.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexism, Car accident, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Violence, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Sam och Sadie träffas för första gången i ett spelrum på barnsjukhuset. Sam är där för en komplicerad fotfraktur efter en bilolycka som tog hans mammas liv och har inte pratat med någon på 6 veckor. Sadie besöker sin syster Agnes som har cancer, men har tillfälligt blivit utsparkad från hennes rum. De blir bästa vänner och Sadie fortsätter att komma till sjukhuset även efter att Agnes fått komma hem. När de båda går på universitetet och inte har pratat med varandra på flera år så ses de av en slump och Sam frågar om Sadie vill tillverka ett dataspel med honom. 

Det här var en bokcirkelbok, men jag hade förmodligen läst den ändå eftersom den fått mycket uppmärksamhet. Den handlar till stor del om dataspel, programmering och hela spelvärlden och det är egentligen inget för mig, men även de som inte har det intresset har gett boken strålande recensioner. Så kanske hade jag lite för höga förväntningar? Jag väntade hela tiden på att det där "magiska" skulle dyka upp, den ibland oförklarliga känslan man får när man läser en riktigt bra bok. Tyvärr fick jag vänta förgäves. Det var en helt okej bok, men jag hade nog väntat mig något mer. Eller något annat. Jag vet inte riktigt.

Det jag ändå uppskattade med boken var karaktärerna. Jag hade visserligen lust att skaka om dem ibland och be dem skärpa sig, men att de var långt ifrån felfria gjorde dem mänskliga och trovärdiga. Sam och Sadie har en komplicerad relation till varandra, men den övergår aldrig till ett kärleksförhållande. Min favorit är ändå Marx, som från början är Sams vän men så småningom även blir Sadies, samt en viktig kugge i spelföretaget de bygger upp. Marx är medlaren och den som sköter allt i bakgrunden. För att anknyta till gaming-språket så är han en NPC, en non-player character, en underordnad karaktär i ett spel. Men utan Marx skulle det ha blivit en helt annan berättelse.

Ytterligare ett plus får boken för bra representation. Både Sam och Marx har asiatiskt påbrå och Sam är dessutom fysiskt handikappad. Sadie är tjej i en mansdominerad spelvärld och judinna (även om det sistnämnda inte har någon större betydelse annat än i början av boken). Det finns även ett par homosexuella bikaraktärer. Så för att summera så tyckte jag inte att det var bortkastad tid att läsa den här boken, men den kändes alldeles för lång. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer

maddiiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

megs23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Car accident

laurenrxse's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Car accident

gemin1reader's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

I have really conflicted feelings on this. It made me really sad, so I did connect with the characters somehow but I absolutely hate the way it’s written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Vomit, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

cathsagar's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

mromie's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

One of the best books I’ve read in awhile. Full of heart, love, and loss as we journey through decades of friendship. Playing games, making games, and world-building through games were fundamental to the plot, but through the lens of story-telling and the familiar, cathartic feeling of finding yourself through story. You don’t have to be a gamer to appreciate this book, and I definitely am not. I could not put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Toxic relationship