Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

421 reviews

wvlly's review against another edition

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

4.5

really liked it, it made me want to play more video games and made me more aware of what goes into them. 
also showed me that every artist, no matter the craft, has more or less the same struggles.
this book has my heart,

even though i thought marx death was kind of unnecessary but im still thinking about that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Homophobia, and Cancer

nancyalicerose's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse and Ableism

curlykristenk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

This book made me feel SO MANY FEELINGS. Some happy, some sad, some furious, some distraught. But that’s what makes a good book. The writing was incredible, thoughtful and thought provoking. Just amazingly creative and clever. 
Yes there were plenty of toxic elements to the many relationships in this but navigating those is also a part of life. They were authentically human and both Sam and Sadie made mistakes. I don’t like that she still meets up with dov in the end but just goes to show the long lasting effects that (TW) grooming and manipulation can have on a person. This overall was a realistic, messy, heart wrenching, heart warming story about human connection and love. What else is there? 
The NPC has my heart. 

This review was written and book was read prior to learning about xenophobic author.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Abortion, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Miscarriage, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Cancer

juliamakena's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

a_novi's review against another edition

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

4.0

This book has some great relationship building between the characters that isn’t just the generic book plot you would expect. It is realistic. The guy doesn’t “get the girl” the friendships are not perfect. There’s pride there’s grudges there grief. It’s not a feel-good book but it’s relatable and interesting and emotionally challenging. A lesson from this book  can be interpreted as “life is shit and it doesn’t really get easier but we meet some people we love on the way. Loving them is not easy either but it is worth it all the same” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Chronic illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gun violence

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.0

"Every person you knew, every person you loved even, did not have to consume you for the time to have been worthwhile." -Sadie

This is not just a book about videogames and game designers, this book dives into the challenges that college students face when they are taking the steps into the real world. The challenges that come when the world is constantly changing. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow touches on hard topics such as grief, gun violence, gay rights in ways that make you feel like we are failing the world for the future generations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Bullying, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

bhictoria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident and Toxic relationship

purplatypus's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Cancer, Vomit, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Cultural appropriation

lightthebeam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

This book is divided into parts, and if you think of it as the sum of those into a whole - I think readers will enjoy it more. The book doesn’t pick one time to stay in throughout, there are jumps foreword and back and the beginning features heavy foreshadowing (honestly it kinda just states the what’s to come in some parts) and doesn’t make the reader work hard in guessing how things may develop. There is a slight identity crisis in writing style and what the book is accomplishing but again if you think of it in parts, it makes more sense and is less confusing. 
I did not like the sudden narrator switch, it’s something I tend to not like at all in books but I do think it worked to further the story and of course it provided a unique perspective but I found it jarring and awkward. 
The characters in this book will piss you off, and while parts of it are so beautiful overall it does leave you feeling sad. Maybe that’s just me. It’s meant to leave off hopeful but it feels sorrowful instead. 
I thought the middle of this book was the most beautiful - everything before the pioneer game chapters. I devoured the beginning of this book, but at the end it wasn’t as captivating and I felt like I was reading in circles, the character progression had stagnated but honestly they were just in a stagnant place which I understand. Overall I did really enjoy this book, there were just parts of the writing style I found to be a hinderance to the actual story, it felt like there was a slight identity crisis but it did make for a unique and thought provoking read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Death, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Cancer, Car accident, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

amgarrido's review against another edition

dark 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

An extremely evocative and gripping depiction of friendship through the ages, tackling miscommunication and dealing with grief, chronic illness and a number of other difficult themes. I particularly liked the fact that the book didn’t end after Marx died, as I felt it really encapsulated the feeling you have after someone passes away; how the world continues to move forwards relentlessly, whilst for you it has completely stopped. In this case, Sadie retreated back into herself but was forced to continue by her quickly advancing pregnancy, while Sam was pushed to move forward by their business, learning how to make critical decisions alone.

Sam and Sadie both had very strong character development, although it almost seemed as if the roles were reversed at the end of the book and Sadie’s insistence to cut Sam off throughout for no good reason became slightly irritating. However, I believe Zevin may have done this on purpose, to depict that people’s actions whilst grieving or depressed can be difficult to understand even to those closest to them, and their thoughts and feelings contradictory even to themselves. I will say that I didn’t like Dov’s continued presence in the book.

I never would have picked up a book about gaming if it had not been so vigorously recommended by people around me and online and I’m very glad I did. Zevin’s writing is lyrical and enrapturing in a way I have not experienced in a long time - I look forward to reading ‘The Storied Life of AJ Fikry’ which is also on my shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical content, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Cancer, and Mental illness