Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

37 reviews

q_bert13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

Overall good and interesting story, spanning a handful of characters along their college/young adult lives. Pacing overall was good, spots towards the middle/end began to loose interest- mixed feelings about major details towards the end, but overall good story. Well articulated characters that you’ll love most of the time, but hate sometimes (except Marx and Sam’s grandparents, they’re always good) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Abandonment, Abortion, Cancer, Eating disorder, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

cytokine_storm's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.25

Hits kinda hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

lmanor's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Cancer, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Ableism, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Violence, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Mental illness

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-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

3.0

Great writing, super nerdy 3 👾 TLDR woman does all the work and gets 0 credit… typical 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

arguhlincozzi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Ableism, Car accident, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Medical content, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Sexism

it's just so good.

squidknees's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

Like The Fault in our Stars like A Little Life like Normal People Sally Rooney

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, Abortion, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Body horror, Vomit, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

The hype on this book is almost overhyping it for me. But it is excellent and I see why everyone loves it. To me it feels like A Little Life meets Ready Player One. I couldn’t put it down and fell in love with all the characters. Which makes the terrible things that happen to them heart wrenching. The author is definitely my age and I loved all the references to our childhood like the Oregon trail! It’s a must read for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Ableism, Abandonment, Body horror, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Graphic: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Abortion, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Cultural appropriation

earlgreywithroom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved it. Terribly.

A book about love, grief, the creative process, the fragility of life, the growing pains of youth, of creative work, of an ever evolving world; but above all, this is a book about people– people who are messy and selfish and passionately brilliant and infuriatingly complicated. Every character, even the ones that only appeared for a chapter, feels devastatingly real. Zevin's original (and occasionally risky) writing style echoes the ebbs and flows of her characters' lives, with stretches of mundanity broken up by sudden bursts of poetic inspiration. At times, it felt like I was navigating a riddle or a maze– one that I will only be able to fully appreciate on a second or third read-through. This is a story that will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

amberj87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual violence, Racism, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Abortion, Medical trauma, and Abandonment