Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

875 reviews

genevievefv's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Abortion

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

julierambaeck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It is a quite slow book, and it took me awhile to get into, but all of a sudden I felt so much for the (AMAZING) characters. The characters are VERY flawed, but every character is so loveable. I loved the pace of the book, and how we follow the characters for 30 years. I reminded me of a modern version of Firefly Lane. 
This book tackles some very difficult topics and situations, that could be very triggering. I appreciated the way they were handled, and how the characters handled them very differently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

leontyna's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

As a non-gamer I didn't expect to love this book but it totally surprised me with its depth. I binged it in two days because I just had to know what's next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

bxnnny's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

this one was surprising for me, in that i really didn't want to read it because i feel like i've been reading a lot of books in a similar vein (the ups and downs of some sort of relationship between two people spanning decades) and the majority of them have been duds. this one wasn't so bad! the writing was really well done and probably the saving grace for me as i did find the characters to be unlikeable a lot of the time. part seven was beautifully done and really did me in. i enjoyed the pacing and a lot of moments were really good (the anna lee/anne lee part is another section to mention). i did find a lot of the verbiage to be repetitive though - he said/she said instead of something more descriptive, "polyhedral die," that sort of thing. i also found some of the timeline with the games/technology to be a little questionable at times. but, i realize this is all very nitpicky stuff and at the end of the day, i found the overall story to be enjoyable and i get the hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

badger_ti_robespierre's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

A perfect stand alone book. If you’re into feeling things chances are you’ll run the spectrum of emotion, i definitely did. The characters are relatable, couched in a reality that could fit into my childhood timeline and follow my own progression to adulthood. Just impeccable humanity in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

krmontgomery's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Rape, and Abortion

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book had a huge potential. It was very enjoyable until a sudden event which was super unneeded and didn't contribute much to the story. Overall I hated Don and his whole relationship with Sadie. Marx was lovely, Sam was complicated and Sadie was just meh, I think the author didn't explore her much which made her seem very 1D. The whole story could've been planned and executed better in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail