Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

470 reviews

ksfinnerty's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Antisemitism

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

libby_moon's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.75

thinking about them lil kids playing mario in a hospital ward, one of my faves openings in a while........ however the book ends and takes turns I really could not have predicted ??? not sure I liked it all, but glad to have read it non the other less

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

saskiahill's review against another edition

5.0

Clever, moving, engaging - read the whole thing in a few days ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

More detailed trigger warning:

there's a pretty detailed active shooter scene, and a detailed suicide by jumping. They're not gratuitous, but rough to read

aclevela724's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Pregnancy

yvoot's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Abortion

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

I'll be honest, I did not go into this book with a lot of optimism. I don't do well with (sort of) contemporary to begin with and secondarily it was hyped by people who's tastes don't generally cross with my own. But I always try and do my best to read the books chosen by my bookclub, because I've found some surprising favorites over the years. 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a love story, but not. It is also a historical fiction novel (though I'm sure that statement is inflammatory to the rest of my generation that is short-circuiting as I call the 90s "historical") but also not because although it's mainly 90s-early 00s, with some 80s, it covers things within the last decade as well. I'm still not entirely sure what the main point of the book was. 

(WIP)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Car accident

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

helenferg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy