Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

676 reviews

mellowkittenreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This was an interesting read. The title and cool graphic design intrigued me. I went into it honestly not even really reading more than the first couple lines of the description. I have never read a book with this sort of plot line - gamers, growing pains, and even painful experiences of racism and discrimination all in one. The writing style was different- I read it digitally and simultaneously listened along with my spotify membership. It was easy to get immersed into this universe. I liked how there was a mix of present, past, and future AND first and third person- I’m telling y’all very different and yet it worked well for the most part. There were a few times I had to reread to make sure I understood who the narrator was embodying. I finished maybe an hour ago and am still digesting. I share the frustration with Sam and Sadie. On one side would’ve loved if they at least had an intimate experience but on the other side I wanted them to be both single and leave other characters alone with their bad communication skills and annoying behaviors. I am disheartened with how things went with Marx’s character. I liked the representation of disabilities, chronic pain, asian characters. However I wish this book included trigger warnings. I feel a bit overwhelmed and overexposed to the asian discrimination and gun violence the characters experienced. Too vulnerable for us bipoc. I am one who loves happy endings and this was as a whole bittersweet. I adored the link to the meeting up in the station and the ending - so sweet! I think that’s all for now. Give it a try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

as much as sadie claimed sam was a bad person, who sleeps with someone in a relationship (dov and then again marx) and one of those people is your best friend’s friend? like girl. I absolutely agree with sam that them being in a relationship which so shady they “hid” it like marx you really tainted yourself, but alas, it did skew sadie being favored. which arguably was intentional seeing how she got her way with dov and got his code and mentorship.

enc3336's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

Sometimes I felt like themes or events were brought up and then quickly over. Some of them I don’t feel like brought much to the book. It does a good job of showing the complexities of friendship and growing up and how your lives change. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicide, Cancer, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Car accident, and Pregnancy

quackquackbich's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Cancer

amanda_reads89's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, and Abortion

aleroness's review against another edition

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

5.0

LOVED this book so much. I kept looking at reviews just because I wanted more of it. And the more I learned, the more I loved it.
Loved how the ending mirrored aspects of the beginning yet kept recurrent themes fresh. BRILLIANT character-driven story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Sexual content

hello_lovely13'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

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

daury_ramirez's review against another edition

Ignoring the inappropriate student-teacher relationship and the main character being a pick-me girl, I did not like the book because I don't  like the author (crucify me). Thanks to the gods, I used my library card because I don't want to support a zionist financially.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

sestout's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Medical content, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, Vomit, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Alcohol

meggiecronin's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gun violence, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Grief, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cancer, Mental illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Eating disorder