Reviews tagging 'Death'

Amanhã, amanhã, e ainda outro amanhã by Gabrielle Zevin

1437 reviews

dungeonsanddonkeys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

starduststyx's review against another edition

People always wanna recommend this book to ppl who know nothing about gamedev and think oh wow what a great book about games this is but its just wrong. 

Besides the author not crediting the work of Brenda Romero who inspired the game "Solution" ( Zevin credits her husband for his games btw so she SHOULD'VE credit Brenda for her game "Train" inspiring "Solution) and being a zionist ( literally attended a "right for israel to exist" convention ) this book is just not good.

I stopped about 30% of the way there. I can't say the exact page because it was digital and I need the font to be bigger meaning the book is longer than it should, but as a gamedev it also just hurt to read. It's written in a way that's easy to devour but hard to process because some of the serious topics even in this first half I read was not handled properly. You're presented with this story that's supposed to be about this amazing friendship but it's just about it's complicated downfall from what I can gather so far. The book does have it's good moments when writing about Sam and Sadie, but the way the two of them talk about their creations make it feel a bit empty. You can evision the story and the characters and the visuals but the way you play the way these characters move are just things we barely gather. I think Solution was the only game I could clearly visualize besides EmilyBlaster. 

Yknow, if the author wasn't a zionist and apologized for not crediting Brenda Romero I would actually finish the book because like. How do you write a book about woman not being credited just to do that as the author. Agh I have so many more words to say but I feel it's just a waste. If you like the book. I get it. It's like enjoying a mcdonalds burger. But fuck this. I can spend my time doing better things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

stephpercival's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

Despite the fact that I have lingering anger issues over a certain happening, this is an infinitely readable book about friendship, unconventional love, and the power of play.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

timetotalkbeauty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

happylittledaisy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-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

The ending was satisfying, peaceful, sad, joyful all at once. The book was well written and cleverly interviewed a video game mindset into real life. The characters felt real and flawed. The only reason this isn't 5 stars for me is there was a few scenes which felt unnecessarily dark or gross. But these weren't long and easily skippable. On the whole a brilliant book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

whoisrois's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Some variable combination of wrong/right book at the wrong/right time but I’m glad I read it 🌊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

hazelgirl21'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

can't rate it i feel like i need to go full english class analysis mode to fully understand this book and i simply do not have the time rn !!!!!!!! the writing was incredible though id love to read another book from this author. i think i wanted something different out of this book that it simply was not trying to be and that's a me issue but i did literally just finish it so maybe i'll have more thoughts in the future. i did really appreciate the love this book has for storytelling and stories and art and creation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

zara89's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

ingju's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

1.75

So much foreshadowing but didn't deliver in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail