Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

464 reviews

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

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

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

cghegan's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer and Suicide

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

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

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, 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, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

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

Minor: Cancer, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

blairsatellite's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sophiabenton's review

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

3.0

Real mixed opinions on this book as a whole. Was really confused about a third in as I had put the book down for a while and then was suddenly a good 20 years ahead in the next chapter which was really confusing. I feel if it read chronologically I’d have enjoyed a lot more and would’ve built a better relationship with the characters and seeing their growth. Some sections I absolutely loved but through the second half of the book I just found myself skimming sentences and wanting to skip pages because it felt so boring. I also got really confused when it entered the scene in the game near the end, I didn’t get a sense of who was who or what the purpose of that section was. Personally didn’t get the hype 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

purplatypus's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Cultural appropriation

katiehalford's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

I LOVED this book!! It was not really on my tbr radar but it was the chosen book for my book club and I am so glad I was introduced to it!!

I love books that span several years as I feel it gives you chance to really get to know and love the characters and this book is no exception!! I absolutely adored Sadie, Sam and Marx and loved the exploration of the individual relationship dynamics between each of them and how these shifted as the story went along. Even the ‘side’ characters such as Dov, Dong and Bong, Ant etc felt so rich and real (which is often my biggest critique of other books). 

I found the exploration of platonic love so perfect and moving. And although I feel the book had a lot of clear ‘teaching moments’, at no point did these feel unnatural or forced which is a true skill from the author. 

The only critique I would have was that the last third of the book was a little slow. I still found it incredibly emotional due to how connected I felt to the characters but did feel that the plot dragged slightly compared to the first two thirds of the book which I couldn’t get enough of. 

Overall I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to really immerse themselves in the world of the characters and who will enjoy a story that is simultaneously fantastic yet relatable (and no you do not have to care about gaming one bit to enjoy this book!!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion