Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Jutro, jutro i znów jutro by Gabrielle Zevin

457 reviews

irammy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

Zevin created not only an engrossing book, but a number of intriguing game worlds I'd love to explore. I devoured it, in part to find out if the issues of Sadie and Sam's relationship were ever resolved. They were both perfectly imperfect characters; frustrating, believable and loveable. God I love Marx, he was the most perfect and kind human being. Zevin sometimes uses big words, as I imagine a Harvard/MIT grad might to "prove" themselves as smart and they cleverly interspersed comments from the future/present to build intrigue into how the characters lives develop. This is a book I'm desperate to discuss with friends, I'd thoroughly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence and Death of parent

vera_prins's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual harassment

katiebannasch's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

bunzilla's review against another edition

I really don't get why this book is so popular? None of the characters are likeable except for Marx and they kill him off for no reason lol 
Too slice-of-lifey for me as well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Abortion

georgiaabigail's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

They had me in the first half. I really wanted to love this book and after reading the first half I was hooked. The second half fell flat, there were storylines I genuinely just did not like and it lost me.

side note: I am very grateful that Sam and Sadie didn’t end up together, male/female friendships are important and I would have been so disappointed had they gotten together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, and Medical trauma

vangoghssunflowers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Interesting read. 

While I enjoyed the fact the characters were flawed, this making them feel real, I disliked how heavily the narrative relied on miscommunication/lack of communication. We get to see and hear each characters own experiences through the point of view. When it comes down to it, it helps with the characterization but draws zilch on the plot.

Personally, I found it annoying that Sam never reveals his pain to his friends and Sadie never calls him out on his absences. Yes, this is realistic to an extent. But I feel as though Marx would have intervened between the two of them at some point given his antics up until that point, as he sees himself as a “fixer” of sorts. 

 

Something I also disliked was Marx’s death. It felt misplaced. I think if it had been done in different circumstances it could have had legs to stand on, but ultimately it felt gimmicky to me. Many points in this story were political, specifically liberal, sometimes, to me, far too much for the time it was taking place. But maybe this could be a lack of knowledge around the gaming scene that’s having me come to this conclusion? In the end, it felt like too much happened to Sam. Does everyone in his life have to die a tragic death? Not to be insensitive, but felt like overkill.

Finally, I think the ending was lackluster. After all of the build up were left with nothing resolved and loose ends. Again, realistic, but ultimately unrewarding as a reader. 

Overall the prose and insights into life were beautiful. Good read, I recommend doing it in a short time span as not to be lost in the lack of plot-focused story telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Murder

chaterbox87's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Abortion

skdonnelly11's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

sueshi's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Disappointing.. the beginning was so good though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

whiskeywoman79's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Fiction / Contemporary / Romance / Historical Fiction 

TW:  Suicide, Grief, SA if not rape as BDSM needs to be consensual even if the victim tries to make themselves indifferent, cheating, homophobia, drug use, car accident, toxic relationships, gun violence. There are so many...

This was one of those books. It was a hard read. I am happy I read it, but I am not sure I liked it. I will definitely think about it for a while. I am not sure it was meant to be enjoyed? Or thought-provoking? Or just to relive the past? I failed in the 400 pages to ever find a purpose or moral of the story, aside from '2 selfish people should continue to forgive each other over and over and over...' 

I also found it difficult to like many of the characters. Yet the nostalgia of it all allowed me to fit myself into the story and see the world through their eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Abortion, Death of parent, and Classism