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serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
3.0
Today Tonight Forever is set during a wedding weekend. The main character, 33 year old Athena, recently divorced from her wife who will be at the wedding with her new partner - the woman she cheated on Athena with, is one of the bridesmaids. However, the book really focuses on a large cast of characters, and we get all their interconnected back stories as well as their interactions during the wedding weekend. This is a warm-hearted story featuring both family and found family. I liked that it had a variety of Queer characters, including a trans-man, and that it explored many issues surrounding queerness and religion. However, it felt too long, and the cast a little too large and unwieldy to hold my interest. It wasn't a bad book but I struggled to care and may have DNF'd had I not been on a lengthy car trip with no other audiobook option.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Transphobia
kylieslittlelibrary's review
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Transphobia, and Death of parent
cassielaj's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
3.5
For the most part, this read as a very in-depth character study more than a novel. The characters were well developed, but so much attention was paid to their emotional backstory and development that the story lost momentum in several parts. There were a lot of excellent explorations of grief and how it effects everyone, the meaning of family, and more emotional concepts, but overall the story lacked something for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Grief
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