Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

384 reviews

the_milof's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Gun violence, Murder, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

narbine's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Torture, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, and Misogyny

Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, Gaslighting, Abortion, Abandonment, Cancer, and Religious bigotry

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

amymarchlawrence's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Chronic illness, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

ammah's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: Mental illness

c_peach's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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

This book… it’s been on my TBR for a long while. I am far from a video gamer, so I was hesitant to pick up this book. The character development was real and genuine. There was disability and racial diversity, with focus on multi-racial youth and the impact of this. The authors ability to evoke emotion from the reader (at least me) at certain points was also impressive. 

The middle was slow for me, as well as most parts when they were discussing making video games (their lives work and passion). I am often drawn to character driven books, but for some reason that was not enough to make this a 5 ⭐️ with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

ella_dali_raynor's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.0

Finished reading: January 28th 2024

“This is what time travel is. It’s looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.”

WARNING: it's unpopular opinion time again!!

Right. I confess that I was already a bit hesitant to pick up Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, because hyped books and me don't usually tend to get along... But since I consider one of her other books an all time favorite, I ended up giving in when I saw I needed a book about gaming for one of the challenges this year. Sadly, I didn't get along AT ALL with this book. I'm starting to believe The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry was the outlier, and her writing just isn't the right fit for me... Because to say that I struggled with Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is an understatement. Initially I was cautiously hopeful even though the pace was a lot slower than expected, but things soon started to go downhill. There is something almost pretentious about the writing, 'woke' characters/topics and the plot, and it kind of left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I can't say that I was a fan of Sam and Sadie's friendship at all, and they never felt like 'real' characters to me. It was almost like they were shouting: 'Look how different I am! Look how special I am! Look how I'm better than you!'... And it was a huge turn off for me. Add Sadie's relationship with Dov (cringeworthy and only made me like her character even less), and other topics introduced seemingly just to show how 'woke' the author is, and I confess that I started to skimread long before the halfway mark. In fact, I should have just DNFed it instead... Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow most definitely wasn't the book for me, and I think I'll just leave her books alone in the future. Sure, A.J. Fikry did receive a 5 star rating, but this has been the third time her other titles have failed to hit the mark for me... And sometimes you just have to know when to throw in the towel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Ableism, Death, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

emilietje's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

It took me a long time to get the book. To get what it’s getting at. Though, I’m not sure, maybe I already knew what it was getting at quite early, but then I wasn’t feeling it. Then, halfway through, I finally started feeling it.
When

Marx died

, I felt it. It started making sense, what all that suffering was for and what it wanted to say. Once I realised that, I started enjoying it a lot more. My criterium for a book of at least 4 stars is that I must actively think “wow, I’m really enjoying this” for a significant amount of times throughout the story. And though the first 250 pages were almost devoid of that, I think that second part was strong enough to make up for it. I get it now.
Very honourable mention to the creativity of this author. I can't name a single other book like this one, and I adore that. Zevin built an intricate real world and an even more intricate gaming world, and I love the intertwining of the two. Just, fantastic writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

vonrxyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i can’t decide if i enjoyed this or not, lots of it made me mad, lots of it made me cry. all i can say is i couldn’t put it down, for better or for worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body horror, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Cursing, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Racism

the zionism, second wave feminism, and internalized anti-asian racism is not subtle in this