Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

155 reviews

theirgracegrace's review

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

4.75

The faux biography Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin astounds at every possible juncture. Centring a pair of marginalized video game developers and their rise to fame, her book delves deep into the psyche of both major characters. She plots their success at forming their game company Unfair Games, their fights (creative and personal), the consequences of their success, their separation and their reunion. Every character leaps off the page and demands to be a player, not an NPC, and the characters' pasts heavily influence their development and their actions. I have never read a book so enthralling, so personal, or so realistic. I eagerly await more from Zevin and her incredible mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Misogyny, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Sadie's grandparents are Holocaust survivors, and Sadie's pre-Unfair game is about Nazi collaborators.

megmahoney1's review

adventurous dark emotional sad

• 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 and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Homophobia, Hate crime, Drug use, Ableism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

dowleyrachel's review

emotional funny 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

I've never read an omniscient narrator book where I've felt so deeply for multiple characters; so much so that when they're in conflict, I root for each and see the flaws in each. I love that this is a story about love, beyond just romantic love. I love how the main characters don't just inevitably end up together, yet they fight for each other, care for each other, and question their own worthiness to accept the love of the other. I appreciate the queer characters. It normalizes it, speaks to the challenges, but doesn't consume the central plot of the book. The NPC chapter was definitely my favorite. Dinged it's final score because I feel the ending didn't close as smoothly as I had hoped. Still, one of the best books I've read this year.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

my_weird_bookish_heart's review

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

maddiebusick'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Cursing, Classism, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Cancer, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

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.

shirarweiss's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

yuna's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

lauren97224's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

cytokine_storm's review

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? It's complicated

4.25

Hits kinda hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit