Reviews tagging 'Death'

Amanhã, amanhã, e ainda outro amanhã by Gabrielle Zevin

1437 reviews

badmom's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This lovely, loving, and poignant study of friends & family (exploring definitions + expectations of each) also offers an unexpectedly fascinating study of video game/gamer history. I enjoyed the alternating perspectives throughout, helping us to better understand the characters and making their relationships feel deeper & richer. Occasionally scenes felt rushed or abrupt, leaving me wishing for more insight though that could also be a reflection of real life - we don’t always get the detail & closure we hope for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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 is great. It’s not like Ready Player One. It’s kind of like The Social Network but with mildly more sympathetic characters at its core. It’s ultimately about the work/life balance of three friends that start a video game company together told through the eyes of 2 out of the 3 of them. It also might be peak late Gen-X/Early Millennial nostalgia in terms of the video games referenced and it essentially inserts itself into how things actually happened in reality. Please note the sexism, misogyny and racist tendencies the characters Sam, Marx and their family members came across is realistically depicted. There’s also an active shooter situation depicted in the novel so be aware if it triggers you. One character also engages in an inappropriate relationship with a person with authority over them and mind if it triggers you. One character has a mobility disability and there’s vivid depictions of his struggles with medical care and health. There is suicide and car accidents depicted as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Triggers are either actively in there or suggested somewhere throughout the book. I honestly might have missed some but I really enjoyed this book and its depiction of the years shown and how Zevin’s characters lived through those times.

dapperoreo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer

heidi_fischer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ashxiio's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.5

This book is quite a short read yet it took me quite a while to finish, genuinely almost a year. It was extremely emotional and my fave character obviously got the sad ending but it is so meaningful how these relationships have evolved and changed through gaming and how they have had to adapt to the changes in technology as well as personal challenges like postpartum depression. It has its problems with plagiarism and I thought the writing style was too simple for me (just personal preference). I love how the ending is a full circle moment to the beginning, like regardless of their dips in friendships they're able to meet again and bond over what brought them together in the first place aka gaming. The author doesn't touch upon Jewish culture even though it is key to Sadie's identity which I find so frustrating because I feel like the author just added that in and never went into depth of her connection to religion, why mention it if it's not explored? I wish it was explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Pregnancy

postpartum depression is another trigger warning

aseppa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Even the acknowledgements made me cry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stutzmaa14's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

unfoundation's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

Not the type of book I typically read but I was surprised with how fully I enjoyed and appreciated how fantastic it was. Full of emotion and complexity of human relationships.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Sexism

slatecake's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I appreciated the emphasis placed on platonic love, and professional collaborations as a core and foremost relationships of one's life, prioritized above romantic partnership and marriage. An important story to be highlighted. Work, love and the ways one is used to show the other. The importance of telling the people we love that we love them. The contrast between the temporary and dispensable nature of life in a game, and the reality of real life and death. Was crying throughout. The only reason it is not 5 stars is that I find it frustrating when conflicts in books are driven by a failure to communicate.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Mass/school shootings

booksqworm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the first half of the book. My favorite thing for books to do is make me think of the human experience in a new way. The first half of the book had some beautifully written moments that did just that. I was sure I was going to want to reread the book so I could experience those moments again. I love stories of found families and love stories about friendship, and I love stories that include politics, because politics are personal. But then the book got depressing and dark. It felt both rushed and super slow at the same time. I did not enjoy the second half of the book at all and it honestly kind of ruined the first half for me. I felt there was so much more for the author to say about friendship, about disability, about sexism, about love and loss, but it fell short. I am someone who typically reads Sci-if and fantasy so I do look for more escapism in my books. I feel like being a book about video games it could have had a more special ending white still being true to the literary fiction genre. So many people love this book and I do understand why, the writing is lush and includes many references to all sorts of interesting material, the author does an amazing job writing from multiple perspectives and jumps around time flawlessly. It just isn’t what I look for in a book. Like video games I play, I want a satisfying ending that makes me want to play the game again to find all the secrets. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent