Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

393 reviews

ksolesby's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

getlostmatilda's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

hannah_dv's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.25

It’s a fun book in being about video-games and the creative process but I do think the author was trying to do too much and seemed to use the book to virtue signal her opinion on every possible issue.

The book has suicide, car-crash, chronic pain, amputation, DV, shooting, death, LGBT violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

marinajonesreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

This is one of the best books I have ever read. Bar none. I was in tears for parts of it and I loved how I felt like Sadie and Sam’s tragedies were mine and their confusions were mine. What a beautiful gift this author has for storytelling. She is Sam and Sadie building a world for the reader to get so lost in you don’t know that you have tears in your eyes until they fall. 

Sadie and Sam are twin flames. Closer than lovers. Closer than family. They orbit around each other in a way that neither of them can even help. They’re not two sides of the same coin, they are the same side. Two heads staring at each other. It’s just a gift that she shared them, all their messiness and all their madness, with us. 

TL;DR: This book was more than great and I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

snowhite197's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia

elenaakers's review against another edition

emotional 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

“It isn’t a sadness, but a joy, that we don’t do the same things for the length of our lives.”

This book was ALMOST too clever for its own good. Almost. But somehow, Zevin pulled it off perfectly. Smart, funny, reflective, tragic, and redemptive all in one. I get the hype. 

It makes complete sense to me that the author’s recommended further reading includes Cloud Cuckoo Land, Stories of Your Live and Others, and The Starless Sea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Hate crime

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

letopotato's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

it took me three? four? months to finish this book and it only added to my existential dread. about a quarter into reading this, i already knew i'd be unhappy about the ending – and i was, but in a good way? i really don't know what to think of this book. i definitely recommend reading it, it is definitely an experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

aileron'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

lena_2106's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

At first I hated it because the main characters are so incredibly annoying and I didn’t like them. But after a few chapters I started really loving it. They are annoying in the way people are annoying and while I definitely wouldn’t want to be friends with any of them it’s a beautiful story about love that I really enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

sas_lk's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.25

It was a decent book, but I would not say it blew me away. I can't say whether that is because of my high expectations, or because of the book itself though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation