Reviews with content warning for Death - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

I loved this book — it made me cry both in public and private. However, I absolutely despise the characterization of Sadie. Her arguments against Sam is just assuming the worst of everything he's saying. Still, can't rate it less than 5 stars.

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crazybooklady91's review against another edition

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3.0

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adyn's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

Would give this more than 5 stars if I could.

I would recommend it to anyone and everyone given the disclaimer that it made me cry more than possibly any book has ever, at least that I can remember. But it did so in such a beautiful way that I already want to reread it even though I just finished it yesterday. So strongly recommend, but be warned. More specifically, though, I would recommend this book to:

people who are tired of romances
people who like games (especially video games)
people who eat it up when a book is just possibly a little bit too artsy and pretentious
people who like storytelling
people who were maybe a little too into john green as a kid
people who loved everything everywhere all at once (idk it’s a vibe thing)
people in a quarter life crisis
nerds, especially computer science folk
former gifted kids

I loooove how it focuses on the complexities of friendship over any of the romantic relationships in the book. It's the perfect amount of artsy and human and relatable. This book is perfect to me.

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emma_sky's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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chelford's review against another edition

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I've been meaning to read this all year, and I'm so glad I finally did. It wasn't what I was expecting from the synopsis—it was better—and even as a non-gamer I was fully immersed in the story. At one point my toddler woke up from a nap and came out to find me pacing and sobbing as fictional (yet all too real) events unfolded. It's been years since I read either of them, but it made me think of The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, and also a bit of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Reid and The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, based on vibes and the whole spanning decades thing. For a moment there I was so worried that

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Marx's death would be a convenient way to shoehorn a quick Sam-Sadie romance into the final quarter, and I was so relieved the beauty of their relationship wasn't tainted by some prioritization of romantic love

. I think Marx was probably my favorite part of this book, as Sam and Sadie were both pretty infuriating, but in a loveable way. The author made some interesting stylistic choices in the latter half, but I think they worked. I especially think they worked because we see Sam and Sadie grow and change so much over the course of the novel, and their games change just as much as the style of the sections in the book

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of which there are five, which I take to mean there will be a fifth game after all

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marythenomad's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

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shyleek's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was just so dark and negative. It just really made it hard to read. No one's life can possibly be this bad. I just wanted one of the two main characters to speak about something in a positive light. The video game theme was... Interesting if you're a major gamer. This was a friend recommendation and not something I probably would have picked up on my own choosing.

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hanny_25's review against another edition

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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

4.5

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