Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

713 reviews

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

Spice Rating: 🌶️ / 5

This was such a unique book. I loved the way the story was told not only through multiple POVs but also through video games. As the characters grew up and adapted, so did the storytelling.

Sam/Mazer is such an intriguing character who you can’t quite wrap your head around. He has been invisible his whole life and isn’t quite sure how to love and be loved. His character grows quite a bit but still has his flaws to the very end.

All in all, this was a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Pregnancy

chloel29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

marlene_wp's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-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: Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

soggygarlicknot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I adored this book. I love the relationships and how complex and human everyone is. When a character is in the wrong,

unless it's Dov, hated that guy,

I can still love them in a way that proves the author truly understood people and made the charcters have such a depth that I don't usually see. Even the character I hated the most became one who I could appreciate at some points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

tbrnichols's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

I really appreciated the seriousness that gaming was given, both as a past time and a creative art and the descriptions of how sacred and intimate a space gaming should be really rang true to me. I also appreciated the idea of a representative audience of one as the genesis of great creative works, especially since it sort of created "muse" as a super category for friends, lovers, rivals, and sometimes even acquaintances. I'm not sure if I think that Sadie got better at understanding someone through mere observation in the ways that Mazer seems to prefer and intuit, while he seems to have gotten much better at verbal explication, but the creation of gaming as a sufficient alternate feels justified as a hybrid, a synthesis, and a deeper examination of motivations along the lines of acting. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

and_deni's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

bethanwx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

An intricate, addictive at times infuriating tale of a friendship spanning decades. The literary references are so brilliantly linked to their experiences and the characters are so richly explored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Blood

hanloc's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

5.0

I appreciated the experimental and reflective structure of the different parts of the book.

The referential layers in the pioneer part; the NPC part, the A/B structure of both sides.

The fictional elements are very well woven into the contemporary world, I believe there really is an unfair games with developers Sam and Sadie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion

whatkateeread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad

• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Classism