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Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

1162 reviews

bookybeckyboo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Medical content and Car accident

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

chsm8's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Chronic illness and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

nophun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This is a novel that follows two people from their childhoods into adulthood. It’s not a story that is driven by plot but rather by love. It’s not a romance, but it’s a love story at its core. It’s a story of two friends who find life in each other and in their mutual love of gaming. It explores the complexities of relationships, the difficulties of disabilities, and survival in the ever changing world around us. I have never felt more human than when I read this book. This novel truly captures the intricacies of what it means to be human in a way I have always felt but could never reconcile with words. I really cannot express enough how much this book means to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Car accident

_pauline's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

• I read this bc of its popularity; liked the first half, but overall not for me
• the MCs entire friendship is based on the amount of time they’ve spent together + a shared talent; they barely talk to / know each other in ways that matter. mostly they’re fighting - but I didn’t care much since the good stuff their friendship is supposedly based on wasn’t really established
• so many random plot points & weird details/scenes and topics thrown in at random times; this is what bothered me most & made the book longer than it needed to be in my opinion 
• the amount of times someone throws up is insane - there are other ways to show someone’s unwell
• I did like how sam showed up for sadie when she was depressed (thanks to marx, he knew how to be a good friend for like 2 pages)
• check the content warnings for this book before reading!!

anyway, here are some of my favourite quotes because the portrayal of chronic illness was, at times, actually quite good:

"Sometimes, I would be in so much pain. The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while—better than perfectly, actually—with a set of problems that were not my own."

He was tired of his body, of his unreliable foot, which couldn't even handle the slightest expression of joy. He was tired of having to move so carefully, of having to be so careful. He wanted to be able to skip, for God's sake. … He wanted to surf, and ski, and parasail, and fly, and scale mountains and buildings. He wanted to die a million deaths like Ichigo, and no matter what damage was inflicted on his body during the day, he'd wake up tomorrow, new and whole.

Throughout his life, Sam had hated being told to "fight," as if sickness were a character failing. Illness could not be defeated, no matter how hard you fought, and pain, once it had you in its grasp, was transformational.

Sam was scared and ashamed, because he felt as if he had no control over his body, no understanding of what was causing the pain and thus, no means to ameliorate it.

maybe this is the perfect book for someone who’s into gaming? idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Homophobia, Sexual content, Abortion, Grief, and Toxic relationship

neovi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Car accident

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Abortion