Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

261 reviews

immovabletype'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Cancer, Racial slurs, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Pregnancy

There's a fair bit that takes place in hospitals, but no procedures are explicitly described. Under that umbrella there is also

Spoiler

amputation and phantom pain

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athenarose_97's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

sagabroome'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

Minor: Murder

literarylily's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Abortion

megs23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Car accident

annadrinksmilk's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

who would’ve thought a novel would’ve interested me in video games

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

vleighp'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

mbmontgo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

amelialoveday's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

A tale that follows friends through multiple coming-of-age stages over 25 years. 

Unique plot based around video games, which may put some people off, but like books, the games are stories and have sublime scenery that draw on Japanese, Korean, Jewish and American Culture. 

Clever, but another book where you want to bang the two leads’ heads together. The “in love but not lovers” trope is getting a little tedious. 

*Spoiler*
I found the first half cliche and starting to drag, but it was almost redeemed in the second half until Sadie’s closing monologue moaning about Gen Z.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicide, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Grief, Medical trauma, Death, Car accident, and Cancer

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

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.