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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

7 reviews

mandyjedi's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Miscarriage, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Animal death, Car accident, Classism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Bullying, and Acephobia/Arophobia

edevoursink's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring 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: Homophobia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Racism

ansmith917's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Hate crime, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

The faux biography Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin astounds at every possible juncture. Centring a pair of marginalized video game developers and their rise to fame, her book delves deep into the psyche of both major characters. She plots their success at forming their game company Unfair Games, their fights (creative and personal), the consequences of their success, their separation and their reunion. Every character leaps off the page and demands to be a player, not an NPC, and the characters' pasts heavily influence their development and their actions. I have never read a book so enthralling, so personal, or so realistic. I eagerly await more from Zevin and her incredible mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Misogyny, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Sadie's grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and Sadie's pre-Unfair game is about Nazi collaborators.

bibliophilekiera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Death

sarahreads2222's review against another edition

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

(SPOILERS) 

It would be hard for me to love this book more. 

• The characters and their arguments were realistic. Not picture perfect or overly horrible. Their relationships were flawed and imperfect but beautiful too
• The depiction of how games impacted their lives in all the stages of their lives 
• The way Sam and Sadie were beyond friendship but not romantic was described and explained several times perfectly throughout their life
• I loved Marx so much 
• Dov was the word tang I hate that he kept popping up so much but I guess that is realistic for many relationships 
• It was slow moving and dragged at a few parts but it didn’t bother me 
• I want to play all of the games described right now 
• The way real life games were intertwined as well as some of the events of the past that went on during that time frame 
• The light incorporation of Shakespeare and the title through Marx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Homophobia, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, and Death

boop_nico's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

Beautiful book. Definitely worth the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Abortion and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexism