Reviews tagging 'Death'

Amanhã, amanhã, e ainda outro amanhã by Gabrielle Zevin

1282 reviews

aglimpseinto's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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

4.75

Absolutely devoured this book. If someone had told me that I would love a book that revolves around people that build videogames, I would have been sceptical of this, but I did love it. 

The building of games is discussed in a user-friendly way that doesn’t make it boring at all, quite the contrary it actually made me admire the different components of game building even more.

But in reality, this is not a book about videogames, but about our characters, their flaws, their virtues and the way that they interact and react to each other. A complex but easily web of actions, assumptions and the consequences of all that. Definitely recommending it and definitely going to reread it at some point in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

scaredygoose's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Gun violence and Death

Personal albeisim against oneself is a large portion of this book.

alemen29's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

 I don't see myself as a fan of Coming-of-Age novels, but I really enjoyed this one. You can really see yourself as Sam or Sadie (or even Marx), going through life and it's vicissitudes by stage. The story is reminiscent of how we spent most of our childhood, playing video games. The plot flows seamlessly, with simple and accurate vocabulary to describe every situation and the characters thoughts / feelings.

On top of this I think this book has one of the best (if not the best) chapter I've read in my life in "NPC". Knowing from the beginning of the chapter how everything will wrap up and yet feeling so vulnerable at the end. Surreal and slightly disturbing experience that shakes you up in ways you haven't imagined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Murder

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, and Violence

partlyclaudia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

this was a challenging read. dense and term-heavy i caught a few of the references but felt that it would be better enjoyed by a real gamer. regardless, this was incredibly well written, with nuanced characters and struggles. it wasn’t what i was expecting, and maybe that was for the better?
SPOILERS
it presents itself as an incredibly slow burning romance between sadie and sam and ultimately results in.. not that? slow burning friendship (?) i enjoyed the acknowledgement that not all love is romantic and that there are things more important than romance, but still found the change in tone resulting from marx’s death to be really hard to read. it felt like the plot derailed a little bit, emphasizing the need for that third person in sadie/sam’s relationship, especially marx. feeling conflicted over this. bumping it a bit bc im realizing how conflicted i really feel lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Body horror, Homophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Medical content, Vomit, Cancer, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Abortion, Grief, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I'll be honest, I did not go into this book with a lot of optimism. I don't do well with (sort of) contemporary to begin with and secondarily it was hyped by people who's tastes don't generally cross with my own. But I always try and do my best to read the books chosen by my bookclub, because I've found some surprising favorites over the years. 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a love story, but not. It is also a historical fiction novel (though I'm sure that statement is inflammatory to the rest of my generation that is short-circuiting as I call the 90s "historical") but also not because although it's mainly 90s-early 00s, with some 80s, it covers things within the last decade as well. I'm still not entirely sure what the main point of the book was. 

(WIP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexism, Car accident, and Sexual violence

ellieworm'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

A heart-wrenching coming of ager which prompts you to think about love and loss and what they look and feel like throughout your life. I tend to stay away from stories that use video games as a plot device or driver because they often feel ingenuine but Zevin’s sincere love for games comes through on every page, in turn making her characters’ own passion so innately believable and real. The pacing and power dwindled for me at points, but others (the

coma sequence and Pioneers story

in particular) felt pretty special in their storytelling to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Gun violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Death, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Hate crime, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Hate crime

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I had no idea what to expect when I decided to get Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow on my Libby app. Honestly, had I known it was about video game producers I may have skipped it. But I can say that I am so happy that I read this book.  

It was the perfect combination of smart, emotional and uplifting. The characters are flawed but whole, their lives are complicated as are their relationships. The shifting timeline was done flawlessly. It felt like no time was passing at all because I was so wholly immersed in the experience. 

I can’t see what the flaws are… I wish there was maybe a bit more change in their characters as time went on. I understand Sam was unchangeable and that Sadie was complicated and dont get me wrong, I love full circle moments, but there was just maybe something slightly lacking that makes it a 4.5 rather than a 5. 

Honestly an amazing book and I will recommend it to so many people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Violence, Cursing, Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship