Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

170 reviews

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

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

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

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

lauren97224's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

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

annar32's review

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-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 really loved the writing of this book and the way that interviews and articles were used a the beginning to see peaks of the end. Sometimes I would get too lost in the words used, but the story had me gripped from the beginning. I love Marx.

I wish he didn't have to die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

kirareadssometimes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was sad. Beautiful. But sad. I found myself rooting for characters one minute and then mad at them the next. A real roller coaster of emotions. It’s a very interesting story with unique characters I haven’t really read before. I enjoyed the time jump aspect of it a lot. I had really high hopes for this book, even though I knew it wasn’t my go to genre or subject matter. And I wouldn’t say I was let down but I am more emotionally scarred than I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

karen_lo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

• 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

This book blew my mind and gave me such a comforting feeling that I haven't experienced in so long.
Those descriptions of everyday activities and hobbies made me feel right at home.

The characters were absolutely amazing, and the way they spilled their thoughts, emotions, histories, and fears made them feel like real human beings.

The different types of love explored in the book were simply beautiful. They all tangled together, evolving and surviving through the challenges of life.

I loved the inside jokes and the bursts of inspiration while they created video games. It even sparked my curiosity about video games as a new form of art.

I also absolutely loved how the story was told. It flowed so naturally, and I could easily kept up with the timeline shifts.

Amazing book, definitely never read a love story like this one before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

I don’t think this was a book for me. The characters were very flawed but in ways that made me want to shake them versus identify with them. They had a cycle of misunderstanding and miscommunication that would seemingly get better and then worse. 

They each had their own issues that made them who they were, but they never seemed to put the effort in to understand each other, arguably as each others best friends they did a terrible job of actually being there for each other. 

I had hoped for more comfort in this book but I think that it kept being a cycle of more trauma, misunderstanding, and then grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

I think that while a lot of the topics and content warnings are important to talk about, it felt more like a laundry list of the characters “going thru it” versus feeling realistic.

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

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

Minor: Eating disorder