Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Demain, et demain, et demain by Gabrielle Zevin

37 reviews

jcampb2's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

aileron's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

graciffer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

I wish I could read this book again for the first time. Absolutely spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, and Abortion

smalljules's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

menglert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cannot remember who or where recommended this to me but I was not expecting it to be so sad. Maybe it was just a bad time for me to read this but I just ... bleh. It wasn't even like... cathartic sad. It was just sad. 

Definitely check out the content warnings before reading this one because some of them came out of left field. I'm usually a horror/thriller reader, but there were a few scenes that were so jarringly dropped into this story that I got uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Bullying, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

sian's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, and Racism

bespectacledscribbler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

laura_cat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I liked the book less and less as it went on. :( There’s no question Gabrielle Zevin is a brilliant, highly skilled writer. However, the storyline of this novel was too sad for me and I got tired of the main characters. I’m also guessing I may have missed things that gamers might have picked up on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Hate crime, and Abortion

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-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

4.25

The author’s writing was so immersive and enjoyable. I don’t know a lot about video games, though I’m a millennial so I grew up around them. The premise of this book still really appealed to me, more than I anticipated. I appreciate the complexities of the characters, though by the end of the book I hated Sam. I definitely felt a lot more sympathetic towards Sadie. Another reviewer mentioned that it felt like a ton of politically significant things were thrown into the story, and I agree that it felt a little contrived. Or maybe it just broke my heart. Having the timelines switch so often was interesting, but sometimes difficult to follow when I was listening to the audiobook. There are also some scenes that take place in a video game, which again was a little hard to follow on the audiobook. I think the chapter headings and the formatting of a physical book would make those things easier. Overall, this book was meaningful and deep, with some reasonably messy and flawed characters, and I was griped by the story even though there wasn’t a strong plot to move it forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol