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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

370 reviews

ellieworm's review against another edition

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

4.0

A heart-wrenching coming of ager which prompts you to think about love and loss and what they look and feel like throughout your life. I tend to stay away from stories that use video games as a plot device or driver because they often feel ingenuine but Zevin’s sincere love for games comes through on every page, in turn making her characters’ own passion so innately believable and real. The pacing and power dwindled for me at points, but others (the

coma sequence and Pioneers story

in particular) felt pretty special in their storytelling to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Gun violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

kathrynshields's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

I’m in awe of the storytelling in this book. It was nothing I expected and everything I wanted. I started it a while ago and had a hard time getting into it. When I finally picked it back up, I soared through it, finding myself so invested in the narrative stop everything I was doing and just listen. It was a devastating and heartwarming opus on friendship and trauma. So glad I gave Sam and Sadie another chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Violence

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Cancer

chsm8's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Chronic illness and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

blossom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.0

Some truly wonderful moments regarding representation of minority groups, descriptions of chronic pain, and grief. Quite a few triggering points too though so please read the TW if that might be hard for you! Wonderful to finally have

platonic love shown

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Abortion

Minor: Antisemitism and Vomit

marie200's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing sad fast-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

Es un libro que te gustará si eres un gamer absoluto. A lo largo del libro se utilizan sinfín de referencias del entorno de los videojuegos, tantas que parece imposible poder llegar a captarlas todas. Pero considero que ello le añade un encanto especial al libro, de modo que cada lector tendrá una experiencia distinta al leerlo.

En cuanto a los personajes, es un libro que te deja ver tanto lo bueno como lo malo. No se pretende crear personas perfectas, sino precisamente profundizar en las relaciones humanas entre personas normales, con sus virtudes pero, especialmente, con sus defectos. 

A pesar de ello, los personajes se me han hecho muy entrañables y no resulta difícil ponerte en su lugar y entender y respetar el porqué de sus decisiones, pese a poder no estar de acuerdo con las mismas.

En general, me parece un muy buen libro para pasar una tarde relajante de lectura, con sus altibajos y algún que otro giro argumental inesperado. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction

hannahrogers'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Racism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Abortion, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

gvstyris's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time. 

Man. Such an engaging read, and Zevin plays with literary techniques quite creatively, particularly in the novel's last few sections. Marx's character was truly such a highlight (although his name choice is...questionable?), especially as Sadie/Sam grew increasingly unlikeable and cold.

Zevin's consideration of platonic and romantic love here is also so, so validating.

It soon becomes refreshingly irrelevant whether Sadie and Sam's relationship is romantic, because of how it is underpinned regardless by their mutual love and fascination with one-another.

I appreciated that decision a lot, particularly as someone pretty jaded with our wider culture's obsession with romance.

I do have a lot of research to do about this novel's various plagiarism & Zionism controversies, however...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Racism, Cancer, Racial slurs, Medical content, Homophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion and Antisemitism

codemasterpi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

Dov is the worst. I am angry that there were no consequences for him from anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Biphobia

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Eating disorder, Racism, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Misogyny

petyapav's review against another edition

medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Grief, Racism, Rape, and Stalking