Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

36 reviews

aileron's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Confinement, Abortion, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Blood

Minor: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Eating disorder

graciffer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I wish I could read this book again for the first time. Absolutely spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Blood, Sexual violence, Vomit, Drug use, Abortion, Cancer, and Confinement

smalljules's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Confinement, Car accident, Gun violence, and Death

menglert's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cannot remember who or where recommended this to me but I was not expecting it to be so sad. Maybe it was just a bad time for me to read this but I just ... bleh. It wasn't even like... cathartic sad. It was just sad. 

Definitely check out the content warnings before reading this one because some of them came out of left field. I'm usually a horror/thriller reader, but there were a few scenes that were so jarringly dropped into this story that I got uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexism, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, and Bullying

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Physical abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Misogyny, Bullying, Xenophobia, Abortion, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

sian's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs, Confinement, and Racism

bespectacledscribbler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Rape, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

lauraportalupi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I liked the book less and less as it went on. :( There’s no question Gabrielle Zevin is a brilliant, highly skilled writer. However, the storyline of this novel was too sad for me and I got tired of the main characters. I’m also guessing I may have missed things that gamers might have picked up on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide, Infidelity, Car accident, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Abortion, and Hate crime

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-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

4.25

The author’s writing was so immersive and enjoyable. I don’t know a lot about video games, though I’m a millennial so I grew up around them. The premise of this book still really appealed to me, more than I anticipated. I appreciate the complexities of the characters, though by the end of the book I hated Sam. I definitely felt a lot more sympathetic towards Sadie. Another reviewer mentioned that it felt like a ton of politically significant things were thrown into the story, and I agree that it felt a little contrived. Or maybe it just broke my heart. Having the timelines switch so often was interesting, but sometimes difficult to follow when I was listening to the audiobook. There are also some scenes that take place in a video game, which again was a little hard to follow on the audiobook. I think the chapter headings and the formatting of a physical book would make those things easier. Overall, this book was meaningful and deep, with some reasonably messy and flawed characters, and I was griped by the story even though there wasn’t a strong plot to move it forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, and Grief

lillygrl9013's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement