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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

382 reviews

lyriarosa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Eating disorder

babyleo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Sexual content, Drug use, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Abortion

linus_rieper'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

3.5

I don't know if the book didn't live up to my expectations or if I was just not in the right headspace to appreciate it. I expected a 5-star read, but it was just fine.

It's very well written. However, nothing about it surprised me or really stuck out to me. The emotional parts didn't land as I think they were meant to.

I hesitate to recommend it, but I also hesitate to write it off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, and Misogyny

lmfry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

book_dragon_julia'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
-Macbeth

This book was so good in my opinion. I really enjoyed the story and I loved that most of it was set in the 90s and 00s so all the popular culture they mentioned I remembered from when I was a child. 

The two main characters Sadie and Sam were childhood friends having met in hospital at around age 12 where they bonded playing video games. 

Fast forward to their late teens/20s they both have an interest in creating a video game which they named Ichigo. Sam's roommate also helped with the game with money and producing it.

The book follows the characters through the trials and tribulations of working with your best friend, starting a company, artistic differences and personality clashes.

I would definitely recommend this book, I loved it 😊❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

nopebook's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Ableism, Car accident, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

hematthews's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Pregnancy

andrearutz98's review against another edition

Its a soft dnf for now. This book is just so heavy and slow that i have to break it up with another book. Maybe I'll come back and finish after reading something lighter.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Drug use, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Grief, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

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

heollona's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

1.75

Most of the time I found the characters annoying. I understand the point of the book is to highlight how miscommunications can affect our relationships but I felt like so many of the arguments were pointless and dumb. It felt like this book was trying to redo Normal People but it just doesn't work.

Also I did not like the writing. At times it felt like the author wanted to flex a fancy word they knew so they threw it in an unnatural manner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use