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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

38 reviews

jenniferwojeck's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

ogeppel's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

blacksphinx's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I struggled a lot with this one. I bounced off the first chapter, told myself I didn't wait 4 months on a library hold to immediately DNF it, and made myself read the whole thing. To be perfectly honest, what kept me going was that this is the closest to a queerplatonic relationship I have seen in fiction, and I am a starved aro ace who is willing to eat any crumbs I can find. It wasn't until around the 70% mark that I was hooked. I strongly disliked our two main characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion, Ableism, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

I really wish we had some different content warnings - this book contains homophobic slurs, BDSM as a tool of abuse, and a student/professor relationship where both parties are adults.

aileend's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

gardens_and_dragons's review

I don’t think this was a book for me. The characters were very flawed but in ways that made me want to shake them versus identify with them. They had a cycle of misunderstanding and miscommunication that would seemingly get better and then worse. 

They each had their own issues that made them who they were, but they never seemed to put the effort in to understand each other, arguably as each others best friends they did a terrible job of actually being there for each other. 

I had hoped for more comfort in this book but I think that it kept being a cycle of more trauma, misunderstanding, and then grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Ableism, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic friendship

I think that while a lot of the topics and content warnings are important to talk about, it felt more like a laundry list of the characters “going thru it” versus feeling realistic.

roschelle's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense 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? No

4.5

Sam, Sadie, and Marx friendship filled me with warmth all throughout this book. While I found Sadie an annoying character at times, the plot and Sam and Marx were strong enough to keep me from walking away. I love the NPC chapter the most. While this is a story around Sam and Sadie, and their love and friendship… I loved Marx the most. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

nathaliereading's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Gore, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-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

4.25

The author’s writing was so immersive and enjoyable. I don’t know a lot about video games, though I’m a millennial so I grew up around them. The premise of this book still really appealed to me, more than I anticipated. I appreciate the complexities of the characters, though by the end of the book I hated Sam. I definitely felt a lot more sympathetic towards Sadie. Another reviewer mentioned that it felt like a ton of politically significant things were thrown into the story, and I agree that it felt a little contrived. Or maybe it just broke my heart. Having the timelines switch so often was interesting, but sometimes difficult to follow when I was listening to the audiobook. There are also some scenes that take place in a video game, which again was a little hard to follow on the audiobook. I think the chapter headings and the formatting of a physical book would make those things easier. Overall, this book was meaningful and deep, with some reasonably messy and flawed characters, and I was griped by the story even though there wasn’t a strong plot to move it forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, and Grief

samcanuel's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was certainly worth the hype. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is such a beautiful book. It covers such a wide range of themes and topics that I’m honestly not even sure what to say. The characters all felt incredibly real and Gabrielle Zevin did such a fantastic job delivering the complexities of their relationships with one another. I would recommend this book to people who love games, people who feel their ambitions are outrunning them, and people who love their friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Cursing

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual content, and Racism

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Hate crime, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Child death