Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

340 reviews

sofiareadss's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

i loved it and cried so many times! multiple pov’s spanning decades is always a hit for me

the ending just didn’t do it for me for some reason and somewhere along the line i also got reeeally annoyed at both sam and sadie. for these reasons i had to drop the rating with one star, even though i was thinking of five stars in the beginning of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

casira's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Car accident, Medical content, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Racism

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

esme_may's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use

scurvotron's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Abortion, and Homophobia

minisaucisse's review

emotional funny informative 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

Glorious in every way

except that wierd abortion plot twist

Writing impeccable and diverse, broke my heart and rebuilt it, made me feel things I could never feel while still being safe. Thank you for that amazing time. Try not to read it in one sitting, the characters need to grow at their own pace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content, Cancer, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

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

katwolffcreates's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse

kyriannaj's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Classism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

sbnptwrn's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

3.0

The concept/premise was great but I feel that Zevin didn’t pull through with the execution. Felt like it was trying to juggle so many parts or elements that it resulted in way less ‘signal’ than there is ‘noise.’ I think it would’ve benefitted with some more structural edits/different editorial decisions. Often there were parts where the prose felt quite flat or bloated, and while I appreciate the attempts at social commentary it often felt shoehorned and could’ve been integrated into the narrative better. (Same with the homages and descriptions of video games). Second half felt weaker,  and while I did find Sam to be interesting I generally find that the characters were not very compelling. I think that this story may have worked better as a TV series/film

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Abortion, and Pregnancy