Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

413 reviews

lmfry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

ruby_mae_read's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gun violence, Car accident, Mental illness, and Grief

abigail_r23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Homophobia

andrearutz98's review against another edition

Its a soft dnf for now. This book is just so heavy and slow that i have to break it up with another book. Maybe I'll come back and finish after reading something lighter.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Drug use, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Grief, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

gvstyris's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time. 

Man. Such an engaging read, and Zevin plays with literary techniques quite creatively, particularly in the novel's last few sections. Marx's character was truly such a highlight (although his name choice is...questionable?), especially as Sadie/Sam grew increasingly unlikeable and cold.

Zevin's consideration of platonic and romantic love here is also so, so validating.

It soon becomes refreshingly irrelevant whether Sadie and Sam's relationship is romantic, because of how it is underpinned regardless by their mutual love and fascination with one-another.

I appreciated that decision a lot, particularly as someone pretty jaded with our wider culture's obsession with romance.

I do have a lot of research to do about this novel's various plagiarism & Zionism controversies, however...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Racism, Cancer, Racial slurs, Medical content, Homophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion and Antisemitism

lovelikethiswillendintragedy's review against another edition

challenging 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

I loved the author’s writing style! The characters were interesting and their character arcs were beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Cancer, Sexism, Ableism, Car accident, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Gore

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

Dubious consent, death of grandparent

skylover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I really really really liked this book. I learned so much about video game creation and production, and was impressed by the creativity of the different games made throughout the book. The different Anna Lee's mentioned in various chapters was a thought-provoking parallel to the different lives or simulations one could live in a video game, all by making a different choice than previous. I enjoyed the friendship trio's dynamic and balance they brought to each other, and I found the passion and love they had for video games to be a interesting central point for them to always come back to. I did not like or vibe with Sam's character much, I felt he was pessimistic and woe-is-me attitude when he could've done something but didn't, however I loved Sadie and Marx, Zoe, and Sam's grandparents. I also laughed a lot and liked the time jumping around for once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Abortion, Murder, and Violence

chickendiddly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed reading this. I have heard people say this book is too woke and what I say to that is the book is about you. The extreme version of your thoughts in action are represented in this book so make some queer friends , play some queer video game, listen to diverse and lgbtqia+ stories or stfu. That being said both lead characters PPPPPIIIIISSSSED me off at many moments!! COMUNUCATION PEOPLE!!! But that’s what made it good! The characters aren’t loveable, there over-intellectual dick-heads sometimes but people like that exist. Solid read!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

petyapav's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Grief, Racism, Rape, and Stalking

bbmaan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Homophobia