Reviews tagging Bullying

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

5 reviews

laurenkimoto's review

dark emotional 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

I love this book. New top tier book. The writing is *chefs kiss* it flows so smoothly and gently pulls the story where it needs to go. I love the characters; Sam, Sadie, and Marx are the found family I want. I know next to nothing about video games and computers but that didn’t matter. This book was about video games but more so it was about stories and love and the people in our lives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Ableism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

rachelmichelson's review

challenging inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

At first, I didn't like it but I made myself read it because it wasn't in the romance genre. I wanted to prove to myself that I could still read other types of books -- non smut. 

This is a story of love and friendship. It's a story about the stories we tell ourselves, to make our insecurities make sense. It's about loss. It's about being a creative. It's heartbreaking and after reading books that have had tidy epilogues, it's sad to not know what happens with Sadie and Sam. 

We all struggle but if we keep coming back than the struggle becomes a part of our stories. This is what the book has imparted on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Hate crime, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, and Abortion

c_ab_bage's review

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Ableism, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

slythjetta's review against another edition

Sam's character was beginning to grow on me...until his idealization of whatever-her-name-is. The mention of this game that makes them famous is culturally-inappropiate. So it's just some white chick (who befriended this guy and used him as a charity case) and a white identifying Asian guy whom are inspired by Japanese culture but won't give them credit. I am sooo happy I canceled my preorder from waterstones. This would have been a waste😒😒😒

Marx is the only characteri like but not enough to continue this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

purplepenning's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Full review to come. Probably. A compelling story of friendship and love and survival and pain, about knowing and being known, about story and play and vulnerability and trauma and context — all unfolding in the Shakespearean world of game development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, and Bullying