Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

427 reviews

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

A story of friendship over time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Hate crime, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

jodean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I thought I knew what this book would be about before I read it. I was wrong. 

I don't even think I can comment on it without reading it again. I have a bad habit of reading too quickly in the second half of books, because I want to know what happens. This book's second half, and really all of it, deserves a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Ableism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Cancer

cataloguekitty's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

The characters are devastatingly real and flawed. They’re not always likeable and that’s precisely why I kept reading. They felt real and I needed to see how these very real people handled trauma, love, work and friendship throughout their lives. It is extremely relatable. 

Loved seeing the diverse representation- biracial, disable, asexual characters. It felt like real life.

There are some serious trigger warnings so just be aware! 

Overall, I don’t think I can read this again for along time but it will definitely haunt me forever. Great book. 

Loved the world of building video games- was very accessible for non-gamers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Racism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Pregnancy

rianneeleonore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pregnancy

agathacrispie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Death of parent, and Animal death

flowerest's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

i want to cry. i want to hug everyone. my faith in humanity is restored. i want to die. i'm in tears. i'm so in love with everyone and everything. i'm more in love with books than i've ever been. i honest to god don't see how i'm supposed to pick up another book after this. i want to create until my hands fall off. life is unfair. life is incredible. i'm losing my mind. no one gets me. sam masur is literally me.

other than that:

Spoiler

i fucking miss marx and i honestly think i grieved him more than sam and sadie did. and here come my only complaints about the book: i wanted more of sam and marx's friendship, i half-wish the romance between marx and sadie hadn't happened, i know the book is focused on sam and sadie but can we please talk more about marx watanabe's beautifully amazing and enormous heart and soul. god i feel like i lost my best friend this is horrendous this book fucking destroyed me

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Animal death, Vomit, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy

carlapastor's review against another edition

medium-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

2.5

I don't think I have ever been so conflicted about the rating of a book. 
I started reading this at the start of August, and I was just reading it for the sake of finishing it, because I hated Sadie and I found every interaction with her to be very annoying. However, I couldn't read it for three weeks because I left my ebook at home and once I came back, yesterday, I was at the 84% percent and finished it, in the IX chapter, and I enjoyed it quite a lot.

I think that maybe these three weeks something happened to me that changed the perspective, and although I still agree that it is at times slow and at other times fast, which is horrible in my opinion (nothing better than being consistent), I think I love the relationship at the end. Maybe it's what I needed. 

So, in conclusion, you might like happy endings, but the best endings are the ones that are real. Therefore, don't waste time if you know you aren't going to like it, but maybe give it a try.

Who knows? Maybe you can start liking it when there's 15% left of the book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Misogyny, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Vomit

There's a fair bit that takes place in hospitals, but no procedures are explicitly described. Under that umbrella there is also

Spoiler

amputation and phantom pain

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abbyrm16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

Spoiler

so you’re telling me i’m supposed to be living in a world WITHOUT marx watanabe in it? despicable

in all seriousness, this book touched my soul in a way a book hasn’t done in a while now. i haven’t had my heart ripped out of my chest, splattered on the ground, then somehow nursed back to battered health and stitched up neatly back in my body like that, ever in my life actually. sadie, sam, and marx are the lovable characters who i wish were real but still feel like real human beings i can call up at any moment. gabrielle sets us in worlds that are almost tangible to us, with stakes that are so high that they’re unnaturally real and at the same time genuine to society. 

tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow is a story about love, loss, grief, and the courage to live and fight and keep moving forward. i love the world of games i was set in. i love cambridge and california, places i’ve never been to, but i feel like i can say i have because of gabrielle’s stunning prose. i love how she carefully represents disability, racism, sexism, immigration, and so much more hot button topics with grace. i will keep returning to this book whenever life feels hopeless, because the unfair games trio reminds me that life moves on despite everything, and the hardships are what make life worth living.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Cancer

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Drug use