Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
285 reviews
seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Infidelity, Hate crime, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Drug use
Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Animal death
wonderstr_ck's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Car accident, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Death, and Sexual assault
elliedesatge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Cancer, Antisemitism, Abortion, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Hate crime
jasminejjj's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Spoiler
I am a huge fan of the chapters written from a video game perspectiveGraphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness
emglange's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death, and Drug use
ajp_reads1's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Ableism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Cancer, and Gun violence
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
allisonleslie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
But overall the main characters didn’t pull me in.. I found Sadie to be miserable and kinda an asshole and Sam was very self loathing. The slow burn that led to nothing was also a let down. And probably a fault of mine not looking more into what this story was about, but I don’t think I’ve ever read something with so many harsh content warnings on it.
Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide, and Sexual violence
ashley_turch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Spoiler
My only complaint was how little we got from Sadie during the last quarter of the book. But now that I write this maybe that was fully intentional. We would get Sam’s side of the story often when he was really going through it, so I was waiting for Sadie’s side to come and it never did. I could be wrong though and maybe her side wasn’t necessary.Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Blood, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, and Homophobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Cancer, and Sexism
Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion
There is mention of an animal injury (possibly unintentionally caused by a person). The animal survives, recovers, and thrives. Can easily skip over the paragraph that discusses the injury to get to the happier times.joannalouise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
my_a's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
Ironically, this quote from page 251 is how I'd describe the whole book. Characters play games, and talk about games, and talk about making games, but we don't know anything about the characters. I didn' t believe these characters exist, I couldn't picture the characters or interactions. There's no description of what is said or done, every line is just "said". Sadie was stroppy at him for 2 years and no one mentioned anything? I honestly don't understand. For what is a long book with clearly so many words, how is nothing happening & I know nothing about the characters. Where did all these words go?
I feel really dissapointed by the advertising as it sold it heavily as a friendship and friend love story, but really the friendship isn't a choice, Sam has been "friend-zoned" and is moany and vindictive over it. Sam claims he loves Sadie but tells Marx she's his / she belongs to him around page 351-2 - despite this being the exact fear and detest of ownership and marriage that Sadie has. He doesn't respect or align with her values & feels ownership over her - how can he truly love her?
Sam honestly ruined this book for me. I enjoyed the writing & it made me slow down to read it, but i couldnt stand Sam from about 60% in. I couldn’t get behind him. Marx deserved better.
Read it if you're interested & want to, but if you're picking it up just from the hype, then I'm not sure. I read it all & I'm glad I read some bits but can't say I'm glad I read the whole book. I just want justice for Sadie & Marx.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Medical content, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Cancer, and Antisemitism