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Amanhã, amanhã, e ainda outro amanhã by Gabrielle Zevin

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riannamarie's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

I was skeptical about reading a book about characters who create video games. After all, my gaming experience consists of an 8 hour straight Sims marathon (I barely stopped to pee) and a mild animal crossing addiction (okay maybe not so mild). This book made me want to drop everything and spend an entire day gaming. I am disappointed that the games Sam and Sadie created do not exist in real life because this book made me want to experience the world they hold within them (A great marketing venture missed if you ask me). I think the thing that appealed to me about this story was that it described games as something you could become immersed in, much like a good book.

The story was interesting and addictive at times. The world of video game creation felt exciting and palpable. My favourite part of the book was when they were creating Ichigo over the summer, with many sleepless nights. I loved following the characters from when they were children; they were raw, messy yet realistic characters who were not all that likeable at times. At some points I just wanted to scream at Sam and Sadie out the frustration of their lack of communication. I wasn't rooting for them in a romantic sense but was hoping they would just communicate and rekindle their friendship of many many years.

What happened to Marx came out of the blue and I didn't really see how it added to the story. He didn't deserve it, the characters didnt deserve it and we certainly didn't deserve it!

Overall an enjoyable book with an interesting premise! Maybe I will try video games because of it

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

5.0

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kittylinks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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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jkwel's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Sadie Green and Sam Masur. A beautiful relationship between two people. This book will be challenging me for a long time post read to evaluate my relationships with people and recognize how important these people are and can be in my life. Emotional story, beautifully written, this will stick with me.

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kjlewis494's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

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froozy94's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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logsbooklog's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

usually, once a book fumbles hard enough, it loses me entirely and i’m taken out of it for the remainder. and this book DID lose me; an entire section of the book made me feel like i had been duped by the author into reading a much worse book than what the book had been up to that point (more on this in spoilers). but it brought me back from the brink in a way few books can by just being masterful at catharsis. even when the setup was rocky and even when the book is a bit in over its head, the pay offs hit like gut punch after gut punch of emotional release. despite its stumbles, i’m very glad i saw this through.

as for where the book lost me, there were 2 key moments that took me out entirely. one, sam being in love with sadie. i don’t think this is unrealistic, but it felt handled with the weight of a teen drama, not an adult literary novel. what had been a delicate balance of a friendship ends up heavily tilted in sadie’s favor for a while and it took over a hundred pages for that scale to even back out. secondly, of course, is the handling of the office shooting and marx’s death. now, this is a book filled with coincidence and happenstance, but this death felt so unbelievably staged as a third act conflict that i audibly yelled “oh COME ON” when marx’s mom was ALSO named anna lee. this entire section of the book has the suspension of disbelief shatter from showing way too much of what’s behind the curtain and i was extremely worried the book wouldn’t recover. it did manage to survive both of these missteps, but i can’t help but wonder what could have been

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