Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

290 reviews

mir_sputnik's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved this book. Not only fun to read about the games of my childhood, but the creating of games and beautifully described human relationships made this a profound reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

jaimc's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, and Drug use

thebluntbibliophile's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I think this book shattered my heart in more ways, places and times than I knew possible.

None of the characters (besides Marx) were loveable to me, but that's actually part of the reason why this book is so good? There are no main characters who are over-powered and without flaws. All of them, even Marx my boy, have their quirks; their strengths and weaknesses. Each character feels so imperfectly human.

In a story that spans over decades, their relationships twist and turn accordingly. At no point are they stagnant, and the pacing of the novel shifts appropriately so as not to drag out needlessly. Above all, I love that there is no 'forgive and forget' denouement - Zevin seems to appreciate that a bridge takes a lot longer to build than to burn.

To be loved is to be changed.

Sometimes that change cannot be undone, like a piece of paper that has been written on, and scrunched up. You can flatten it out again, and try to scrub away the words, but it will never be wholly unmarked again. And that is alright.

This book says that it's okay to be changed, and to allow yourself to change. It speaks poignantly of maturity, emotionally and physically, and I don't think I could love a message more.

No, I don't agree with some of the characters' actions, and would probably take a different approach. But that's just it, we're all individual characters. Individual minds. Full of individual approaches and individual dreams and individual fears. The protagonists in Tomorrow can't rewind the clock like their in-game characters can, they can't cheat death. All they can do is try their best given their current hand. Just like us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer

alex_luck's review

emotional funny 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

5.0

I reccomend that you get this book at the library for 🇵🇸 reasons

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Abortion

rsagarin's review

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

ceejcook's review

emotional funny informative 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Terminal illness

Minor: Mental illness

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

emotional 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

I get the criticism that its only enjoyable if ur a gamer or make games, but that feels like a stupid approach lol like yeah i didnt get every  minor reference to game design but i enjoyed the book and i enjoyed the description of the games (even though i literally never game) and i enjoyed the characters and also i cried so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

itsbumley'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

michelleabdanan's review

challenging 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

4.5

Slow burn tearjerker with complex characters. Sam and Sadie had some super unlikable moments, but they were written so well that I always found myself empathizing with them and rooting for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Domestic abuse

riverrliam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This book took me forever to get through. Most of the time I was bored or annoyed with the characters. There is a lot of violence and abuse that doesn’t seem to have a true purpose. The book felt like it was trying to be progressive given that it takes place in the early 1990s, but then had one of the main female characters in love and obsessed with a creepy, older, abusive, pos man. Not for me. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Cancer, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit