Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

550 reviews

jadorelecafe's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Homophobia

sas_lk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

It was a decent book, but I would not say it blew me away. I can't say whether that is because of my high expectations, or because of the book itself though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Gore, Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation

jckemman3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

noshelfcontrolll's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

Overall, I would say that I liked this book. But honestly it was hard to read. Not because I am not in the gaming community but because the characters were so unbearable at times and I wanted to throw my phone across the room in frustration. It felt like a rewatch of love, Rosie if Rosie and alex were truly just best friends and also created video games together. Some moments were beautiful and tragic, others were boring and droning. Would I recommend this book? Yes. But would I reread? Probably not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Racism, Death of parent, and Death

daniellekat's review against another edition

I don't know what it is about this book but I'm having a really hard time getting into it. I flew through part 1, part 2 went slower and now mid-part 3 I never want to pick it up. The writing is excellent, but I think something about the length and pacing at this point has turned me off. I've read a ton of reviews but still don't really feel interested enough to see where this goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism

amylokoff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-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

Graphic: Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Sexism

Minor: Classism, Cancer, Ableism, and Dysphoria

shoeinafield's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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 truly didn't know what to expect while reading this book because I didn't read the cover description. The only thing I knew was that it followed the career of video game designers. 

This book made me feel a wide array of emotions including: happiness, sadness, existential dred, numbess, jealousy, anger, nausea, and so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Murder, and Toxic relationship

schorlett's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Chronic illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Misogyny, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

adaora_ble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was fantastic! It was so real and the characters were complex and interesting. You could feel how each issue or insecurity led to the next, how the games they created really was just a reflection of themselves, how friendships can change you for better or for worse and how terrifying it is to be vulnerable even with the people you're closest with.

It did such a good job of fleshing out every character it touched whilst still focusing on the MCs. Even though they were frustrating and complex and unable to hold necessary emotional conversations with each other, I still loved every single character through deep and unabiding love for each other to dispassionate hate to everything inbetween.

Marx really is the better half of Sam and Sadie, the glue that holds everything together, probably the best character from an objective standpoint and certainly the most emotionally healthy of the main trio. However, in choosing my favourite character it has to be Sam, digging into his psyche and all his neurosis and hang ups and things he just cannot say even though he truly wants to I feel so bad for him and simultaneously so mad at him and yet you get his deep fear.

Up until the moment I finished it I thought of this book as contemporary fiction, or as my high school librarian would call it 'That's Life', but when I was tagging/shelving it on StoryGraphs I was suddenly struck with the realisation that it could very well be classed as a sci-fi. Like a low stakes (and less fucked up) Black Mirror; it speculates on the effects/consequences of technology on individuals and society, even if it's something as basic as a 90s video game and not Ready Player One, it speaks to our own world and the problems we face as a society.

I can't recommend this book enough, I was fighting tears on the train at the end and even though the first part (of ten parts) was fairly slow it soon sucked me in and got me invested in even the most brief character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Drug use

charliw90's review against another edition

emotional 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: Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Abortion, Sexual violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cancer, and Car accident