Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

394 reviews

curlykristenk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

This book made me feel SO MANY FEELINGS. Some happy, some sad, some furious, some distraught. But that’s what makes a good book. The writing was incredible, thoughtful and thought provoking. Just amazingly creative and clever. 
Yes there were plenty of toxic elements to the many relationships in this but navigating those is also a part of life. They were authentically human and both Sam and Sadie made mistakes. I don’t like that she still meets up with dov in the end but just goes to show the long lasting effects that (TW) grooming and manipulation can have on a person. This overall was a realistic, messy, heart wrenching, heart warming story about human connection and love. What else is there? 
The NPC has my heart. 

This review was written and book was read prior to learning about xenophobic author.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, and Blood

a_novi's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

This book has some great relationship building between the characters that isn’t just the generic book plot you would expect. It is realistic. The guy doesn’t “get the girl” the friendships are not perfect. There’s pride there’s grudges there grief. It’s not a feel-good book but it’s relatable and interesting and emotionally challenging. A lesson from this book  can be interpreted as “life is shit and it doesn’t really get easier but we meet some people we love on the way. Loving them is not easy either but it is worth it all the same” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

purplatypus's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Cultural appropriation

codenamevixen's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was reminiscent of One Day to me, though I am basing it off my experience with the movie and not the book, One Day. I enjoyed this book tremendously more. It examines how impactful and deep a relationship between friends can be and that meaningful relationships are not always the romantic ones we find in our lives. It balances references to the real world enough that it feels it could be the story of real people and their complicated lives and emotions. It had me pulled into the page, waiting to find what the breadcrumbs to emotional moments would lead to. It nearly brought me to tears. This is the only book or story I have thoroughly enjoyed that explores

friends who could be lovers, but never are, on the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Abortion and Sexual harassment

lololoretta's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

anouks_books's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Abortion, and Alcohol

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

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

realityczar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

jessandenv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood and Car accident

sammiejo928's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

2.0

Oof. I am very clearly in the minority here but this book was so boring to me. I enjoyed a few pieces of it but really felt like it was dragging on and was repetitive. I LOVED the diversity of characters. The Sadie & Sam friendship to enemies was overplayed too many times for me and I got to the point that I was tired of them “fighting”. I like how grief was handled differently for each character because in the real world, everyone handles grief differently. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer and Abortion