Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

1212 reviews

ju_harue's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Eu amei esse livro. Com a escrita da autora, a história - que poderia ser arrastada - se tornou algo diferente, algo surpreendente, que nem sei expressar o que senti ao ler. Em vários momentos me identifiquei com a personalidade dos personagens, como é a vida real acontecendo mesmo, não parecia ficção. Passei raiva, gritei de nervoso, implorei que houvesse conversa, ri de situações inusitadas e comemorei as conquistas, chorei de emoção. Foi tudo isso e mais um pouco. Sem dúvidas, um favorito.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexism, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

genorgana's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Vomit

marmelane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Den Teil von Pioniers habe ich geskippt, weil er mir gar nicht gefallen hat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

thepinkranger's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Gun violence, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment

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

noveltay's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The characters are so complex and their pain cuts deep. The video game presence is cool and fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

monicadee88's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Despite the hype, this book was not for me. The concept was intriguing and the author's knowledge of the gaming world was impressive. However, I did not find any the characters likeable or the least sympathetic--the one exception was Marx. I appreciated the raw emotions and honesty of the story (this is no fairy tale) but sometimes the superfluous word choices took me out of it. Furthermore, and this isn't the author's fault, the audiobook narrator was rsther stiff and emotionless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, and Toxic relationship

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

imaginaryalex's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mass/school shootings

sacculent's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

They were right, everyone was right, dammit this book is good. I was debating whether to 5 star it bc a decent part of the back half made me feel detached and depressed but like… thats what the characters were feeling too so it just made me feel, and i teared up a bit multiple times, and the ending was really good at tying shit up emotionally without a ‘happily ever after’ shit. The second person perspective labyuage after [major spoiler event] was incredibly well done and after it ended and went back to Sam and his thoughts on [same major spoiler event] it hit me like a truck, almost cried but unfortunately didnt bc i suck at crying. 

First book ive ever annotated, and i have just a bunch of kinda kitchy nuggets of wisdom from in here.

I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual content, and Car accident