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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

261 reviews

spencerthedemonbarber's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Grief, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Vomit

mandyjedi's review

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Miscarriage, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Animal death, Car accident, Classism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Bullying, and Acephobia/Arophobia

clare_26's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

• 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: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

veerrrsix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Gun violence and Sexual assault

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

mandriol's review against another edition

I hated this book. The characters were annoying and disgusting. The book had themes that I hated and it didn’t even address them well. It made my skin crawl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

bickleyhouse's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

I went through all the feels while reading this book. Sometimes I loved it; sometimes I nearly hated it. Yet it winds up with five stars. Gabrielle Zevin has crafted a tale for the ages, here. I'm not even sure what genre this book fits in. I thought it was going to be science fiction, but it's not. Not really. At some point, it almost has a Ready Player One vibe, but, again, not really. It is about video gaming, both playing and producing.

Sadie and Sam (Mazur) meet as young children when Sam is in the hospital during one of the many surgeries done in attempts to save the foot that was pretty much destroyed in an auto accident. He had not talked to anyone in six months. Sadie is there visiting her sister who has some kind of cancer. When Sadie goes down the hall in hopes of playing on a Nintendo set, Sam is already there playing. The not only strike up a conversation, the begin to play Mario Brothers together. Sam teacher Sadie how to get Mario to land on top of the flagpole at the end of the level. This begins a lifelong friendship, but that friendship also turns out to be a love/hate relationship. 

Sadie and Sam wind up writing video games together, but not before a long period where they aren't speaking to one another. The create a game together that takes the world by storm. They create a company, and other people get involved, with whom they also become friends.

There is so much emotion in this book. Apparently, someone thinks it falls in the romance category. I don't really see that, myself. It definitely fits in literary fiction, I think, and possible historical fiction, because it begins in an era of games like King's Quest, Mario Brothers, and even mentions Leisure Suit Larry (I got a HUGE kick out of that shoutout!).  The thing is, Sadie and Sam are both extremely broken people. So broken that they literally cannot sustain any kind of relationship for any length of time. Add Marx (the guy who winds up being the CEO of their company), who "dates" girls (and guys), but never for more than a month or two, and the mixture gets even more complex. 

The saddest thing, which, in my opinion, puts this book firmly in the "tragedy" camp, is that Sadie and Sam really, truly love each other. But both of them never realize it at the same time. Both of them have very annoying streaks about them, as well (refer to aforementioned "broken" statement), which is one of the reasons that I nearly hated the book, at times. 

Like I said, it gave me all the feels, both negative and positive, and that, I think, makes it a five-star read. Ms Zevin has delivered a masterpiece. 

I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, but especially for fans of video games. But don't get fooled into thinking it's a science fiction story, because it is not.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion

kyriannaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Classism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

blairsatellite's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Medical trauma, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Ableism, Mass/school shootings, Cancer, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Hate crime, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Car accident, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Classism, and Terminal illness

aweso10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

this book is perfect and i would not change anything about it!! the characters are so rich and complex, the storyline is unique and really places you right there with them. there were two parts in the book where i cried, just a fair warning‼️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, and Medical trauma