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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

98 reviews

cataloguekitty's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

The characters are devastatingly real and flawed. They’re not always likeable and that’s precisely why I kept reading. They felt real and I needed to see how these very real people handled trauma, love, work and friendship throughout their lives. It is extremely relatable. 

Loved seeing the diverse representation- biracial, disable, asexual characters. It felt like real life.

There are some serious trigger warnings so just be aware! 

Overall, I don’t think I can read this again for along time but it will definitely haunt me forever. Great book. 

Loved the world of building video games- was very accessible for non-gamers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Racism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Pregnancy

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

q_bert13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

Overall good and interesting story, spanning a handful of characters along their college/young adult lives. Pacing overall was good, spots towards the middle/end began to loose interest- mixed feelings about major details towards the end, but overall good story. Well articulated characters that you’ll love most of the time, but hate sometimes (except Marx and Sam’s grandparents, they’re always good) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Abandonment, Abortion, Cancer, Eating disorder, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

medium-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

3.5

I'm definitely in a minority here but I'm actually a bit disappointed by this.

I enjoyed the writing and the way the story flowed, it was always engaging to read though did often feel like it was using uncommon words for the sake of it; having to look up word meanings did take me out of the story occasionally.

I also really liked the diversity we see here, with Jewish, disabled, queer, East Asian and mixed race characters at the forefront.

I liked the general plot, and the last couple of chapters were also very strong.

Unfortunately this just didn't feel like the book I was promised. The character dynamics and plot development in the first have had me attached, but the second half lost me. I found it largely unemotional and I feel like I kept seeing strong glimpses of a great novel but it never quite materialised.

The great friendship was almost entirely nonexistent as Sam and Sadie barely had a positive interaction after around the 20% mark. And Sam as a character was very unlikeable to me, he would lash out at the first sign of conflict and be utterly horrible to those closest to him. Sadie also wasn't great and a bit too not like the other girls.  Sadie deserved better, although a lot of her storylines felt realistic for a woman in this industry in the 90's, particularly her college experience and the Dov storyline. 

Sam and Sadie were two people who did not know how to manage their emotions and I accept that, but it didn't allow me to root for them as much as I would want.

I did not like that Marx died, it felt very cliche and unnecessary. The NPC chapter was good but some of it dragged a bit, particularly when it came to Marx in hospital. Marx was my favourite character but he still wasn't great, from a writing standpoint he had no real depth and seemed to just be there to give Sadie a distraction. I strongly appreciate the intent behind the Pioneer chapter, it just didn't quite deliver for me and was a bit too long.

Also what the fuck was that penis paragraph!!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia

bookswithdaidai's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Eating disorder

scmiller's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• 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: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Violence, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Abortion, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

qrschulte's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

The first two chapters were a bit rough, and I didn’t love the style of the language, but I kept reading because I was intrigued. And then I read the third chapter and was hooked. By the end, I was in love. 

I didn’t find Sadie and Sam particularly likable, but I completely understood their motivations and their choices were believable. 

This was a really ambitious book, and I think Zevin executed it really well. You can tell she put in a lot of time researching to make it realistic. It’s clearly a love letter to gaming, and I really appreciated the style of the different sections. I think it added a lot to the narrative. This is definitely a book that I will enjoy even more on a future read, though having a physical copy would make it easier to flip back to remind myself of different sections. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and War

Not a true adult/minor relationship, but the power dynamic was definitely like one. The ableism is more internalized.

blacksphinx'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

3.0

I struggled a lot with this one. I bounced off the first chapter, told myself I didn't wait 4 months on a library hold to immediately DNF it, and made myself read the whole thing. To be perfectly honest, what kept me going was that this is the closest to a queerplatonic relationship I have seen in fiction, and I am a starved aro ace who is willing to eat any crumbs I can find. It wasn't until around the 70% mark that I was hooked. I strongly disliked our two main characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Car accident, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pregnancy, Ableism, Antisemitism, Abortion, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Cancer, and Classism

I really wish we had some different content warnings - this book contains homophobic slurs, BDSM as a tool of abuse, and a student/professor relationship where both parties are adults.

feijoamuffin's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

There are no words for the pain I feel right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Eating disorder

aliyachaudhry's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cancer, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Car accident, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Gore, Ableism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder