Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

1887 reviews

laurenology's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

I'm going to think about the NPC chapter for the rest of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Vomit, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Car accident

saskiahill's review against another edition

5.0

Clever, moving, engaging - read the whole thing in a few days ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Terminal illness, Vomit, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Classism, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Animal death, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abortion, Chronic illness, Blood, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

More detailed trigger warning:

there's a pretty detailed active shooter scene, and a detailed suicide by jumping. They're not gratuitous, but rough to read

palindrometodd's review against another edition

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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Violence, Murder, and Death

scaredygoose's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Personal albeisim against oneself is a large portion of this book.

cwalden's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Murder and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer

aclevela724's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

emilyschimmwright's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

alemen29's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

 I don't see myself as a fan of Coming-of-Age novels, but I really enjoyed this one. You can really see yourself as Sam or Sadie (or even Marx), going through life and it's vicissitudes by stage. The story is reminiscent of how we spent most of our childhood, playing video games. The plot flows seamlessly, with simple and accurate vocabulary to describe every situation and the characters thoughts / feelings.

On top of this I think this book has one of the best (if not the best) chapter I've read in my life in "NPC". Knowing from the beginning of the chapter how everything will wrap up and yet feeling so vulnerable at the end. Surreal and slightly disturbing experience that shakes you up in ways you haven't imagined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Murder

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, and Violence

yvoot's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, and Sexual violence

partlyclaudia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

this was a challenging read. dense and term-heavy i caught a few of the references but felt that it would be better enjoyed by a real gamer. regardless, this was incredibly well written, with nuanced characters and struggles. it wasn’t what i was expecting, and maybe that was for the better?
SPOILERS
it presents itself as an incredibly slow burning romance between sadie and sam and ultimately results in.. not that? slow burning friendship (?) i enjoyed the acknowledgement that not all love is romantic and that there are things more important than romance, but still found the change in tone resulting from marx’s death to be really hard to read. it felt like the plot derailed a little bit, emphasizing the need for that third person in sadie/sam’s relationship, especially marx. feeling conflicted over this. bumping it a bit bc im realizing how conflicted i really feel lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Body horror, Homophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship