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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

154 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I struggled a lot with this one. I bounced off the first chapter, told myself I didn't wait 4 months on a library hold to immediately DNF it, and made myself read the whole thing. To be perfectly honest, what kept me going was that this is the closest to a queerplatonic relationship I have seen in fiction, and I am a starved aro ace who is willing to eat any crumbs I can find. It wasn't until around the 70% mark that I was hooked. I strongly disliked our two main characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Car accident, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, Antisemitism, Abortion, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Cancer, and Classism

I really wish we had some different content warnings - this book contains homophobic slurs, BDSM as a tool of abuse, and a student/professor relationship where both parties are adults.

miles's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

God this book is fucking phenomenal. Very life-affirming, very emotional, very devastating, very beautiful. It ripped out my heart and broke me and then put me back together. I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Vomit, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Antisemitism, Cancer, and Toxic friendship

Only adding the 'toxic friendship' tag because Sam and Sadie hurt each other a lot, mostly because of miscommunication and misconstruing the other's intentions, but they love each other a lot and are each other's most important person in the world so it's complicated, really.

diazaa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

lexigrce's review against another edition

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

4.75

ripped my heart out and stomped all over it then put it back and gave me a kiss on the forehead

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Vomit

waterbear0821's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

This book is almost perfect. It’s “unputdownable” and it’s also really good. The major flaw, I think, is that the characters’ flaws did not feel like they were reflective of humanity, they felt like plot devices. It was just almost, but not quite, real. Since we’re talking about video games, it was maybe a bit uncanny valley, but with my heart instead of my brain. But I LOVE a platonic love story, and this book was full of platonic, and familial, love. I will read it again. I will buy a physical copy so I can write notes all in the margins. 
Pros:
-just good storytelling. I like the narrative structure of jumping across time, the omniscient narration is used to great effect 
-the device of video games is also very clever. It allows for layered storytelling. It allows for nostalgic pop culture references
-there are beautiful brushes with human nature. Lots of extremely quotable bits. I cried a lot
Cons:
-sometimes it dips past richness and into cliche. It’s over-dramatic in an unnecessary way at times. The writing sometimes seems a bit too self-aware and it takes me out of the story
-a lot of CW content. More than was needed for the story in my opinion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abortion and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Racism

roaming_reader's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a really beautiful story about how love and soulmates are not always romantic. Two friends can be platonic soulmates. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Antisemitism

sarahbook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I was very nervous going into this book. Because it was book of the year on so many lists, I presumed it would have some sad and traumatic thing happen in it because that seems to be the case for most popular books. Light fluffy things don’t win awards. But I couldn’t find the evidence of what it could be in this book, so I went ahead and read it anyways. For anyone else like me, the big sad and tragic thing in this book is

that a shooter comes in and kills Max and Sadie’s best friend at their workplace< / spoiler> Once that happened, I had a difficult time with the book because it was too sad. 

But! I have a lot of great things to say about the book. It was absolutely GORGEOUSLY written! I have not read a book that well written in quite some time. The story floated seamlessly between time, place, and characters that feels like it should’ve been difficult to follow but it was not. The characters were all very interesting and different, both from each other and from what I’ve read before. My favorite part of the book was hearing them talk about games they were playing or making or brainstorming. That sort of creativity was so interesting and I definitely want to play these games myself! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Drug use, and Abortion

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The author’s writing was so immersive and enjoyable. I don’t know a lot about video games, though I’m a millennial so I grew up around them. The premise of this book still really appealed to me, more than I anticipated. I appreciate the complexities of the characters, though by the end of the book I hated Sam. I definitely felt a lot more sympathetic towards Sadie. Another reviewer mentioned that it felt like a ton of politically significant things were thrown into the story, and I agree that it felt a little contrived. Or maybe it just broke my heart. Having the timelines switch so often was interesting, but sometimes difficult to follow when I was listening to the audiobook. There are also some scenes that take place in a video game, which again was a little hard to follow on the audiobook. I think the chapter headings and the formatting of a physical book would make those things easier. Overall, this book was meaningful and deep, with some reasonably messy and flawed characters, and I was griped by the story even though there wasn’t a strong plot to move it forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, and Grief

dormantdormit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit and Antisemitism

samcanuel's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was certainly worth the hype. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is such a beautiful book. It covers such a wide range of themes and topics that I’m honestly not even sure what to say. The characters all felt incredibly real and Gabrielle Zevin did such a fantastic job delivering the complexities of their relationships with one another. I would recommend this book to people who love games, people who feel their ambitions are outrunning them, and people who love their friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Cursing

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual content, and Racism