Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

1369 reviews

bookndaisies's review against another edition

fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion

savaedits's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

refreshing story about work and friendship and love and games and story and plot. a wonderful read for writers. plot twists and turns in so many ways and creative nested world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

lyndseeh's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring fast-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: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Death of parent

hanloc's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

I appreciated the experimental and reflective structure of the different parts of the book.

The referential layers in the pioneer part; the NPC part, the A/B structure of both sides.

The fictional elements are very well woven into the contemporary world, I believe there really is an unfair games with developers Sam and Sadie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion

margog2310's review against another edition

Author is a Zionist. Free Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Genocide, Sexual violence, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, and Classism

maddielags's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I don’t really understand the hype around this book 🙈 Don’t get me wrong, a couple parts did catch my attention

like Sadie’s pregnancy and Marx’s death

but I really struggled with the overall story and keeping me engaged. I understand the message but the writing style wasn’t for me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

whatkateeread's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

jilljilljill'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad

• 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Classism

riannamarie'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I was skeptical about reading a book about characters who create video games. After all, my gaming experience consists of an 8 hour straight Sims marathon (I barely stopped to pee) and a mild animal crossing addiction (okay maybe not so mild). This book made me want to drop everything and spend an entire day gaming. I am disappointed that the games Sam and Sadie created do not exist in real life because this book made me want to experience the world they hold within them (A great marketing venture missed if you ask me). I think the thing that appealed to me about this story was that it described games as something you could become immersed in, much like a good book. 

The story was interesting and addictive at times. The world of video game creation felt exciting and palpable. My favourite part of the book was when they were creating Ichigo over the summer, with many sleepless nights. I loved following the characters from when they were children; they were raw, messy yet realistic characters who were not all that likeable at times. At some points I just wanted to scream at Sam and Sadie out the frustration of their lack of communication. I wasn't rooting for them in a romantic sense but was hoping they would just communicate and rekindle their friendship of many many years. 

What happened to Marx came out of the blue and I didn't really see how it added to the story. He didn't deserve it, the characters didnt deserve it and we certainly didn't deserve it! 

Overall an enjoyable book with an interesting premise! Maybe I will try video games because of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion