Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

1189 reviews

lovelikethiswillendintragedy's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

I loved the author’s writing style! The characters were interesting and their character arcs were beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Cancer, Sexism, Ableism, Car accident, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Gore

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

Dubious consent, death of grandparent

mloschi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

I enjoyed this book, I like the complexity of the characters and the various forms of attachment, friendship, love and partnership depicted. I’ve never read a book about video games before and found the descriptions of the game design very captivating. I read this very quickly for a bookclub discussion and liked exploring it with others after finishing. I think at times the author can be a little heavy handed with the allusions and some vocabulary choices took me out of the flow (kinda felt like words pulled from the thesaurus for the sake of it rather than adding value sometimes). Once I got over that and into the flow of the larger story I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Grief

chickendiddly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed reading this. I have heard people say this book is too woke and what I say to that is the book is about you. The extreme version of your thoughts in action are represented in this book so make some queer friends , play some queer video game, listen to diverse and lgbtqia+ stories or stfu. That being said both lead characters PPPPPIIIIISSSSED me off at many moments!! COMUNUCATION PEOPLE!!! But that’s what made it good! The characters aren’t loveable, there over-intellectual dick-heads sometimes but people like that exist. Solid read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

petyapav's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Grief, Racism, Rape, and Stalking

marmorienkeli's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

I don’t really understand why this book is so loved. I mean, it wasn’t bad but it really wasn’t that good either? Somehow hollow dialogue and I didn’t really love the characters, they felt almost flat at times. The only likeable character

died near the end, and I thought ”Why should I even continue reading this?” And this is my own problem, but I dislike pregnancy tropes in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

rosie_sloan's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Death, Car accident, Suicide, and Death of parent

chill1996's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Abortion

jkull_10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Gun violence

bbmaan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Homophobia

logger_j's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent