Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

114 reviews

angie_ray's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

hnagarne's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Abortion

readinggem's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Cancer, and Mental illness

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging 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

one of those books that I was wary about because of all the hype, but I'm extremely glad to say that this lived up to expectations.  maybe I had lowered my expectations a bit due to the excessive hype.

this was way more trauma-filled than I was expecting, fyi.

the list of new releases with commercial appeal that have a lot of hype surrounding them that I think live up to their lofty expectations is pretty short: Tomorrow x3, Lessons in Chemistry, and I'm Glad My Mom Died.  all are very solid 4.5/5s from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Suicide, Ableism, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Medical content, Homophobia, and Classism

itsmaryssae's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion

flashandoutbreak's review

hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Abortion and Self harm

ckincade's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Blood, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Spoiler

depiction of a mass shooting

itsrhii's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Racism and Sexism

hcop's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Blood, Cancer, Murder, Car accident, Eating disorder, Racism, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Ableism, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

wenwanzhao's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

As a novel, TATAT is extremely well crafted, the writing is impeccable, it’s inventive, the prose is both enjoyable and admirable. There is no true objectivity in art, but I’d say most would agree that it’s a solid 5-star book. 

On a more personal level, while I enjoyed TATAT, it hasn’t become one of my all time favourites. I suppose it is just not the one for me. 

The most important thing I have to say about this book is:
It’s about The Secret Third Thing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Car accident, Drug use, Blood, Animal death, Abortion, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia