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Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

99 reviews

ohlala_kaylala's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

anagramatica's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Car accident

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Cancer

alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

Wow - what a rollercoaster. It took me almost the first half of this book to really get into it and then my library hold was over. 🙃  Almost two months later, I finished the last 2/5ths of this book in a couple hours.

I tend to forget a lot of books quickly after I read them, but surprisingly I remembered every detail from two months ago! I can’t say this was my favorite book, but it truly evoked a lot of emotions in me and the fact that it stayed with me means it’s deserving of the 5 stars. I also love a book where there are truly flaws to the characters, and you end up disliking them a lot throughout the process. 

Heartbreaking and beautifully written. 



Really read Jan 21-30, then finished March 26.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Sexual assault

serena_h's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abortion, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Classism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Cancer, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Abortion, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and Eating disorder

_ao_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, Blood, Terminal illness, and Vomit

lunsbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Racism, Car accident, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Cancer, and Eating disorder

paulawind's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Is this book brilliant? Yes. But it also emotionally scarred me and left me so miserable halfway through that I had to put it away for over a month to gather strength to carry on.

I get why this book became so popular amongst Little Life lovers because this one is also a trauma and pain extravaganza. It starts innocent enough with two friends making games but halfway through the emotional pain starts and it only keeps getting worse and worse and worse till it became impossible for me to carry on reading. After a month-long break I came back, an apparent emotional masochist, to cry over Sam, over Sadie, over Marx, over their relationships, lack of thereof, their pain, their loneliness, their misunderstandings, their lack of communication, stubbornness, and that sheer amount of pure love that permeates every page. 

The blurb is right - it is not a romance but it is story about love. It’s quite rare for books to put friendship at the forefront, with romance in the back, to show the complexities, messiness and importance of those connections that often transcend and outlast romantic relationships. Sadie and Sam’s story is epic. Often frustrating, overwhelming and contradictory but undeniably the most important connection in both their lives. 

This book ripped my soul out, put my heart in the shredder and I’m saying thank you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Ableism, Violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Cancer, Gun violence, Medical content, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Cursing, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

makmo722's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

4.5

This book had me always guessing what was coming next! I am amazed at Zevin’s ability to move fluently between past, present, and future. This book was fascinating to me - it was moving and emotional and kept me on my toes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Car accident, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Abortion, and Cancer

risou91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Racial slurs

Minor: Antisemitism, Eating disorder, Abortion, and Racism