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Demain, et demain, et demain by Gabrielle Zevin

9 reviews

achuna2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book is a masterful game that gives you a personal stake in the survival of a friendship through game space and time. I believe that the writer and the hidden narrator give “the illusion of choice” that is so painfully an Achilles heel to both main characters. Most romance novels follow the tropes of missed opportunities, friends to lovers, “there’s only one room in the inn” but none compare to the way Gabrielle weaves these two characters’ s timeline’s into a knot of conflicts and interactions that somehow plateau or run parallel when they need each other most. Somehow you end up rooting for both Sadie and Sam because she does such a good job of revealing all the shameless external points of view and shameful inner dialogue that shape the way that we want to engineer a happy ending for them to continue their mission through life and through their work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

jkwel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

Sadie Green and Sam Masur. A beautiful relationship between two people. This book will be challenging me for a long time post read to evaluate my relationships with people and recognize how important these people are and can be in my life. Emotional story, beautifully written, this will stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mandyjedi's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Cultural appropriation

edevoursink's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, and Toxic friendship

ansmith917's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

The faux biography Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin astounds at every possible juncture. Centring a pair of marginalized video game developers and their rise to fame, her book delves deep into the psyche of both major characters. She plots their success at forming their game company Unfair Games, their fights (creative and personal), the consequences of their success, their separation and their reunion. Every character leaps off the page and demands to be a player, not an NPC, and the characters' pasts heavily influence their development and their actions. I have never read a book so enthralling, so personal, or so realistic. I eagerly await more from Zevin and her incredible mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Sadie's grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and Sadie's pre-Unfair game is about Nazi collaborators.

bibliophilekiera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

sarahreads2222's review against another edition

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

(SPOILERS) 

It would be hard for me to love this book more. 

• The characters and their arguments were realistic. Not picture perfect or overly horrible. Their relationships were flawed and imperfect but beautiful too
• The depiction of how games impacted their lives in all the stages of their lives 
• The way Sam and Sadie were beyond friendship but not romantic was described and explained several times perfectly throughout their life
• I loved Marx so much 
• Dov was the word tang I hate that he kept popping up so much but I guess that is realistic for many relationships 
• It was slow moving and dragged at a few parts but it didn’t bother me 
• I want to play all of the games described right now 
• The way real life games were intertwined as well as some of the events of the past that went on during that time frame 
• The light incorporation of Shakespeare and the title through Marx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

boop_nico's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Beautiful book. Definitely worth the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Abortion

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship