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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

195 reviews

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

davinmotion's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

4.0

It’s hard to write a review of a book that even 100 pages in you felt you could put it down and let it slip into DNF territory. Especially when it is so well written and so many ends tie up so well and the characters, for better or worse, are so vivid they feel real. Multiple times while reading I caught myself thinking this will inevitably become a screenplay in the style of When Harry Met Sally. And it will be successful. This isn’t so much a book about video games as it is the relationship between two people. As a gamer, I’ll admit I had hoped for more discussion about games and the industry other than subtle mentions. It just didn’t connect to me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Domestic abuse

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

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, and Blood

Spoiler

I understand the significance of the two young shooters in this story and that the author does mention that studies show video game violence doesn’t translate to real life violence likelihood, but I still worry people will take away that FPS games are dangerous. It was exhausting to deal with growing up, even though I didn’t play FPS games. What is truly more concerning is how people feel empowered by anonymity and will say hurtful, awful things - it has made voice chat or even in game messaging not worth it, so if anything, that should be more highlighted, because it’s the people that create these sorts of communities that are the real threat.

freydawreviews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, and Medical content

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

meremeth's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

natrix's review against another edition

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

lvndrmeg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

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

aliensmileyface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

literarylily's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Abortion