Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Jutro, jutro i znów jutro by Gabrielle Zevin

606 reviews

wiitchea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is a love letter to gamers everywhere. The characters were complex and flawed, and it made them incredibly lovable and relatable. The story takes turns you don’t expect, but in the end, it is expected, isn’t it? The wild twists and turns of life we never expect but know are bound to surprise us? How people fall out of our lives and promptly back into them? How lovely. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Mental illness, Car accident, and Murder

snowhite197's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Car accident, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia

apiologee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Death

letopotato's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

it took me three? four? months to finish this book and it only added to my existential dread. about a quarter into reading this, i already knew i'd be unhappy about the ending – and i was, but in a good way? i really don't know what to think of this book. i definitely recommend reading it, it is definitely an experience.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

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

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

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

leefox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Less traumatic, Little Life- lite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Suicide

luneclaire's review against another edition

emotional 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

I don't know how to rate this book. At first, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read it, but when I finally was, I couldn't put it down. It emotionally slayed me. It got under my skin. I'll probably think about it for a while. I can't tell you definitively if I liked it or not, but I don't regret it.

TW: There is a description of an active shooter scene. If you are someone who has been affected by gun violence, please know this is part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Grief, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Abortion

mariambbd's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Sexism and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcohol, and Gun violence

jessdownes's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Death, Blood, Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent

kvh84's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Started slow but I liked and even loved it at the end.
Characters are very well written. The book conveys real emotions, which the author also achieved in " " (even though the plot in that book was too scattered).
The plot in Tomorrow was much tighter, plausible, had a good rythm in going back and forth in time as well as in expressing the different perspectives for each character.
The book has a cozy campus / start-up feel and nerdy, good-hearted, but damaged, type of characters. Very atmospheric.
A bit short-sentenced and easy readible, it has a YA-vibe in that respect, but the emotions  were real and even heavy (at times).
The strongest point of the story are the loveable characters,  it is so empathically written and told that this empathy transfers to you as a reader - there is so much love for them in this book. This is Levin's secret as a writer, I guess.

Would recommend, but don´t expect too much of this book. It´s a grower and you have to respect that it's really not that spectacular. It´s a bit of an outsider actually. It´s from that position that the book can surprise you and get to you: in its honesty and authenticity of the storytelling. 
Two things that are also present in other books by Levin, but now with a good plot and timing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail