Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

536 reviews

jsant's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and understand why there is such a wait for it at the library. It's nostalgic, it's complicated, it's emotional, realistic and engaging. It's not all happy and it's not all sad. Hooked from the start to the end. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship

margauxjpg's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

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

woodsymel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Abortion, Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, and Emotional abuse

livpaige93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Cancer

alexandramiller's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Medical content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, and Gore

abbywittle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

This whole book is miscommunication trope porn and I hate that for it.

This book started out so strong and sounded like something I would really enjoy. A loving friend relationship spanning over decades encompassed by the passion for video games, something that sounds right up my alley due to my love of Ready Player One, but alas, this only got worse the more I read. And considering I audiobooked this, it made it so much worse to get through.

I think my reading experience for this was hindered significantly because personally, I found the audiobook for this exceptionally boring. Also can someone explain why Part VII was done with a different voice actor and all the sudden was in first person? I hated that switch, the voice actor switch was a creative choice sure, but do NOT switch to first person when I'm 75% done with a third person novel, I beg of you. 

Anyway, I can see the appeal of why people love this. I watched Gabrielle Zevin's spot on the Jimmy Fallon show and I can see the vision she had and her explanation is sound, but personally, both Sadie and Sam became insufferable to me due to their inability to talk to each other even though the whole conceit of the story is that they both love each other unequivocally?? Make it make sense. Anyway, clearly I'm in the minority on this one but I'm okay with that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Racism

the_rabble's review against another edition

Hard to tell where the fun part of this book about games is, so I stopped.

Lots of clichés- which is fine, I love a trope- but none of it was particularly fresh or created movement. 

I liked the family members we met and that one of the characters does some artistic crafting for the other.

Aside from that, this is just rich kids who have bad judgement and trauma. The main characters were not interesting or sympathetic. One is placed in an emotional abusive relationship condoned by her friends. The second time that happened is about where I noped out.

There are also Silicon Valley-esque interstitials of tech reporting that made me like the Ivy Leaguer MCs even less on top of the "it's okay that our friend is

Spoiler

dating her old, married, sexist, nihilist, shitheel of an emotionally abusive teacher-boss who is now also financially involved in everything the trio attempts to do

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The gaming is not joyful, it's a slog that also manages to paper over how sometimes you just don't win those 90s era games. It felt... discordant with my own experience (but I was a Sega/DOS kid, maybe the author was NES.) 

It also sucks to read a book where the only other woman game designer is portrayed as someone to shit on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Abandonment, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

hazelisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

This is a beautiful book I’d recommend to anyone, with a label that says “read at your own risk of crying” because you will fall in love and it will hurt.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

lautreamont's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Vomit