Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

497 reviews

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Infidelity, Hate crime, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Animal death

dannothedino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Ableism, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

poisonivy's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

this was v easy to read and i couldn't put it down but i'm not sure how much i actually enjoyed it tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion

raptorq'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Murder, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Ableism, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Physical abuse, Abortion, and Blood

elliedesatge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Cancer, Antisemitism, Abortion, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

menglert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cannot remember who or where recommended this to me but I was not expecting it to be so sad. Maybe it was just a bad time for me to read this but I just ... bleh. It wasn't even like... cathartic sad. It was just sad. 

Definitely check out the content warnings before reading this one because some of them came out of left field. I'm usually a horror/thriller reader, but there were a few scenes that were so jarringly dropped into this story that I got uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexism, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, and Bullying

m4rtt4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

THIS WAS SO GOOD, and my only wish is that I was a gamer — I mean, I already got so much out of this book, EFFING LOVED IT, but if  I was a gamer this probably would have opened some another level (pun intended).

I loved how all the characters were developed, and all their flaws were sometimes so unlovable yet understandable, human, they frustrated me so much yet I would have done anything for them. I also loved how just like in real life, there are no happily ever afters — human lives are a flow, and this book perfectly depicted that.

Spoiler

I'm also happy that Sam and Sadie never ended up dating (at least in the written story, who knows about their future?) — I wouldn't have been very against that either as I loved them both, but it was a fresh and realistic view to have them be just friends and fall out of touch for years. 

This book was so emotional, but what finally made me cry was Dong Hyun's funeral and how HE LEFT THE DONKEY KONG MACHINE FOR SADIE. I'm crying again just thinking about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Suicide, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

ajp_reads1's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Ableism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Cancer, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

ashley_turch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

OUCH. 

Spoiler

My only complaint was how little we got from Sadie during the last quarter of the book. But now that I write this maybe that was fully intentional. We would get Sam’s side of the story often when he was really going through it, so I was waiting for Sadie’s side to come and it never did. I could be wrong though and maybe her side wasn’t necessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Blood, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Cancer, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion

There is mention of an animal injury (possibly unintentionally caused by a person). The animal survives, recovers, and thrives. Can easily skip over the paragraph that discusses the injury to get to the happier times.

my_a's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

2.75

"We play games, and we talk about games, and we talk about making games, and we dont know each other at all".

Ironically, this quote from page 251 is how I'd describe the whole book. Characters play games, and talk about games, and talk about making games, but we don't know anything about the characters. I didn' t believe these characters exist, I couldn't picture the characters or interactions. There's no description of what is said or done, every line is just "said". Sadie was stroppy at him for 2 years and no one mentioned anything? I honestly don't understand. For what is a long book with clearly so many words, how is nothing happening & I know nothing about the characters. Where did all these words go?

I feel really dissapointed by the advertising as it sold it heavily as a friendship and friend love story, but really the friendship isn't a choice, Sam has been "friend-zoned" and is moany and vindictive over it. Sam claims he loves Sadie but tells Marx she's his / she belongs to him around page 351-2 - despite this being the exact fear and detest of ownership and marriage that Sadie has. He doesn't respect or align with her values & feels ownership over her - how can he truly love her?

Sam honestly ruined this book for me. I enjoyed the writing & it made me slow down to read it, but i couldnt stand Sam from about 60% in. I couldn’t get behind him. Marx deserved better.

Read it if you're interested & want to, but if you're picking it up just from the hype, then I'm not sure. I read it all & I'm glad I read some bits but can't say I'm glad I read the whole book. I just want justice for Sadie & Marx.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Medical content, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Cancer, and Antisemitism