Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

629 reviews

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

In the beginning, I liked this book and its characters. However, I got bored about halfway through and had little to no desire to pick it up for almost a month. I decided to give the audiobook a try, and I’m glad I did, because it helped me get back into the story.

At times, the storytelling was beautiful, and at other times, it seemed like it went on and on without purpose. Or, at least, I just didn’t really care as much as I wanted to. I’m not big into video games, so that could definitely be why.

I felt that the characters were realistic, and I appreciate that we got to see multiple sides of them over many years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

bkeroackreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

The ending of the book really redeemed it for me. I was close to putting it down a few times because of some of the sexual relationships in the book seemed out of place for the characters and kept coming up in odd places in the book, but I continued anyways. It was highly emotional, which isn’t something I normally read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Car accident

kathrynshields's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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’m in awe of the storytelling in this book. It was nothing I expected and everything I wanted. I started it a while ago and had a hard time getting into it. When I finally picked it back up, I soared through it, finding myself so invested in the narrative stop everything I was doing and just listen. It was a devastating and heartwarming opus on friendship and trauma. So glad I gave Sam and Sadie another chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Violence

purplenoodlepie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

Over hyped by social media. Struggled through this. Nearly dnf. Wouldn't recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Cancer, Mental illness, Death of parent, Bullying, Vomit, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Cancer

turidt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

lyriarosa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Eating disorder

babyleo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Sexual content, Drug use, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Abortion

linus_rieper'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

3.5

I don't know if the book didn't live up to my expectations or if I was just not in the right headspace to appreciate it. I expected a 5-star read, but it was just fine.

It's very well written. However, nothing about it surprised me or really stuck out to me. The emotional parts didn't land as I think they were meant to.

I hesitate to recommend it, but I also hesitate to write it off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, and Misogyny

noveltay's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The characters are so complex and their pain cuts deep. The video game presence is cool and fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer