Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

184 reviews

colerate's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Misogyny, Car accident, Racial slurs, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

maxel268's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

The first book I've read in a long time that slowed down time while I was reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Infidelity, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, Classism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Cursing, and Drug use

ymziegler's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense 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

The best book I've read this year. The way friendship is framed is so unique and hard to find, it was so refreshing and touching. The discussions on race, disability, sexism, etc were so compelling and real. The characters were so flawed and so lovable. Life isn't a game, we don't have a second chance at life, eat some peaches with your friends and everything will be okay even when it isn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Abortion, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Infidelity

dannothedino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Ableism, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

emglange's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: 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

myweirdnormal's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

On one hand the writing is 5/5. I think this is a very well written book. The craft is remarkable.
On the other hand the characters are 0/5. I hated most of them, ESPECIALLY SAM, and I only finished this because I had already put so much time into it.

Spoiler

The one character I kinda liked died, because fuck me apparently.

Still, I don’t want to give this a rating because I’m realizing that I don’t like this genre and it would be unfair to judge a book that is probably technically good just because I don’t like the genre. I feel like literary fiction, at least considering the three books in this genre that I’ve read, is about bad things happening to good people while the shitty ones continue to thrive. And I will not be picking up another. Reading this book was my mistake and I will be smarter with my time in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Spoiler

Sadie’s relationship with her professor made me so uncomfortable, but what bothered me most is how he was still in her life years later. She was taking life advice from him, treating him like a friend, going to his wedding; all despite the fact that he was sexually and emotionally abused her. I don’t know what the author’s message was? That one should forgive and forget their abusers or what? I really don’t know. But I’d give this book a 1 star for that alone.

ashley_turch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

OUCH. 

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.

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

buckleburyfairie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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 was nervous because this book is longer than anything I've read in awhile, but it has been recommended to me many times and I'm so happy I read it! I didn't want it to end. The author's vocabulary is superb. I learned so many delicious words reading this book. Some of the best writing about a disability I have ever read. I relished the passages about Sam's time with his mom and grandparents. By the end of the book, I found myself thinking about friends I haven't talked to awhile, and wanting to catch up with them. I hope this book encourages other readers to reach out to old friends, too. 

Definite content warning about a professor/freshman student relationship that has nonconsensual BDSM aspects, and a separate content warning for gun violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Blood, and Abandonment

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Car accident, Medical trauma, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Ableism, Violence, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, and Cultural appropriation