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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

266 reviews

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

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i am kind of speechless
sam and sadie are basically the dream team, and marx is such a good facilitator. the author's choice of time era was perfect, and she obviously wrote from somewhat of a personal experience

p11:

And yet, he knew himself and he knew he was the type of person that never called anyone, unless he was absolutely certain the advance would be welcomed. 

ha! me

p39: i bet

dov is her bf

p40: WHAT
p41: ha, she's right, she totally is like the solution player
p43: girlie this doesn't seem healthy, go get real friends
p66: huh? the MCs are born in '74? they're old
p82: they're not speaking again? seriously
p209: that is a twist! to be fair if this is the reason they stop speaking I can understand that
p265: purely based on the fact that one of the sections is called marriages,

i predict that marx and zoe will be one of them

p267: you what
p283: don't tell me

marx and sadie are the ones that get married

p331:

bet she's pregnant

p335:

are we sure marx is ok? like ARE WE DAMN SURE

p338: before I read any further let's have another prediction based this section title...if it's called the npc because

MARX DIES OR SMTH AND SADIE SPENDS HER WHOLE LIFE ON MAPLEWORLD INTERACTING WITH AN NPC THEY BASE ON MARX

I AM GOING TO SOB HYSTERICALLY
p340: I'M SCARED
p344: no! i'm gonna cry for poor charlotte and adam cause i bet they won't get to make their game now and they really needed this ☹️
p351: sam! that is an unnecessary insult bro
p356: NOT ANT
P360: OH THANK THE LORD
p361: OH HE FREAKING BETTER NOT!!

DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE THAT CHILD WITHOUT A FATHER!!

p363:

JUST HOLD ON MARX, COME ON!!!

p365: AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😭😭😭😭😭
@esthersanderson! GIRL! DID YOU BUY ME THIS BOOK JUST TO PUT ME THROUGH ALL THIS EMOTIONAL TRAUMA???
p368: how am i supposed to move on in this book knowing that

marx is dead??

p404: oh my goshhhh, it's the "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech
p446: ok this a slightly immature reason not to speak, but she's grieving so we'll forgive her

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Vomit, Abortion, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

curlykristenk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book made me feel SO MANY FEELINGS. Some happy, some sad, some furious, some distraught. But that’s what makes a good book. The writing was incredible, thoughtful and thought provoking. Just amazingly creative and clever. 
Yes there were plenty of toxic elements to the many relationships in this but navigating those is also a part of life. They were authentically human and both Sam and Sadie made mistakes. I don’t like that she still meets up with dov in the end but just goes to show the long lasting effects that (TW) grooming and manipulation can have on a person. This overall was a realistic, messy, heart wrenching, heart warming story about human connection and love. What else is there? 
The NPC has my heart. 

This review was written and book was read prior to learning about xenophobic author.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Abortion, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Miscarriage, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Cancer

bookforestsprite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs and Abortion

allykonkol19's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.25

A coming of age story about friends and lovers. The story explores the creative process, the evolution of friendship, grief, trauma, overcoming pain both physical and emotional, and maintaining hope. The friendship between Sam and Sadie was complex and emotional as you follow them through decades. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Grief

Moderate: Death, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault