Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

245 reviews

amgarrido's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

An extremely evocative and gripping depiction of friendship through the ages, tackling miscommunication and dealing with grief, chronic illness and a number of other difficult themes. I particularly liked the fact that the book didn’t end after Marx died, as I felt it really encapsulated the feeling you have after someone passes away; how the world continues to move forwards relentlessly, whilst for you it has completely stopped. In this case, Sadie retreated back into herself but was forced to continue by her quickly advancing pregnancy, while Sam was pushed to move forward by their business, learning how to make critical decisions alone.

Sam and Sadie both had very strong character development, although it almost seemed as if the roles were reversed at the end of the book and Sadie’s insistence to cut Sam off throughout for no good reason became slightly irritating. However, I believe Zevin may have done this on purpose, to depict that people’s actions whilst grieving or depressed can be difficult to understand even to those closest to them, and their thoughts and feelings contradictory even to themselves. I will say that I didn’t like Dov’s continued presence in the book.

I never would have picked up a book about gaming if it had not been so vigorously recommended by people around me and online and I’m very glad I did. Zevin’s writing is lyrical and enrapturing in a way I have not experienced in a long time - I look forward to reading ‘The Storied Life of AJ Fikry’ which is also on my shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical content, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Cancer, and Mental illness

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Drug use, Car accident, Bullying, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Ableism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Medical content, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Cancer, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Violence, and Toxic relationship

lpdx's review against another edition

emotional 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

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Death, and Medical content

morgancleaver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Gun violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Cancer, Abortion, Suicide, and Pregnancy

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

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

librarianjennifer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Homophobia, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Sexism, and Car accident

grace_b_3's review against another edition

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

2.0

If you like slow, meditative books where the characters just sort of exist and live their lives, you’ll like this book. There’s not much of a plot, despite so many out-of-left-field development, so tension isn’t what’s driving the story forward. 

This book is focused on a relationship, but

as the characters don’t really communicate, so any interpersonal conflicts never erupt and resolve so you never get those story beats. There never seem to be any stakes to their relationship. Pressure points are brought up only to go nowhere and fizzle out.

 

I also didn’t love the writing style, this book floundered a bit for me. The video game analogies got tedious after a while, and I prefer books that show more than tell, unlike this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

student/teacher relationship

kyannabrown's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

I felt disappointed by the ending even though I enjoyed reading the book. I really enjoyed the game designing portions of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, Abortion, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

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