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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

364 reviews

megshughes_13's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

just not my kind of thing.
written well but i just found it incredibly boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Miscarriage, and Homophobia

shoelace's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.25

I really loved the diverse set of characters, the varied narrative and the different perspectives presented. However I feel that the strongest parts of the book are also it's biggest flaws: diverse character traits sometimes feel just listed without meaning, just to be also included; and the writing, in general style as well as for the use of fancy words and character insights seemed in part over the top and somewhat pretentious. Nonetheless Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was a book I very much enjoyed reading in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism

amymarchlawrence's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Chronic illness, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

edevoursink's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Racism

c_peach's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book… it’s been on my TBR for a long while. I am far from a video gamer, so I was hesitant to pick up this book. The character development was real and genuine. There was disability and racial diversity, with focus on multi-racial youth and the impact of this. The authors ability to evoke emotion from the reader (at least me) at certain points was also impressive. 

The middle was slow for me, as well as most parts when they were discussing making video games (their lives work and passion). I am often drawn to character driven books, but for some reason that was not enough to make this a 5 ⭐️ with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

melist6's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death of parent, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

grace_b_3's review against another edition

reflective 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

2.0

If you like slow, meditative books where the characters just sort of exist and live their lives, you’ll like this book. There’s not much of a plot, despite so many out-of-left-field development, so tension isn’t what’s driving the story forward. 

This book is focused on a relationship, but

as the characters don’t really communicate, so any interpersonal conflicts never erupt and resolve so you never get those story beats. There never seem to be any stakes to their relationship. Pressure points are brought up only to go nowhere and fizzle out.

 

I also didn’t love the writing style, this book floundered a bit for me. The video game analogies got tedious after a while, and I prefer books that show more than tell, unlike this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

student/teacher relationship

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.0

Finished reading: January 28th 2024

“This is what time travel is. It’s looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.”

WARNING: it's unpopular opinion time again!!

Right. I confess that I was already a bit hesitant to pick up Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, because hyped books and me don't usually tend to get along... But since I consider one of her other books an all time favorite, I ended up giving in when I saw I needed a book about gaming for one of the challenges this year. Sadly, I didn't get along AT ALL with this book. I'm starting to believe The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry was the outlier, and her writing just isn't the right fit for me... Because to say that I struggled with Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is an understatement. Initially I was cautiously hopeful even though the pace was a lot slower than expected, but things soon started to go downhill. There is something almost pretentious about the writing, 'woke' characters/topics and the plot, and it kind of left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I can't say that I was a fan of Sam and Sadie's friendship at all, and they never felt like 'real' characters to me. It was almost like they were shouting: 'Look how different I am! Look how special I am! Look how I'm better than you!'... And it was a huge turn off for me. Add Sadie's relationship with Dov (cringeworthy and only made me like her character even less), and other topics introduced seemingly just to show how 'woke' the author is, and I confess that I started to skimread long before the halfway mark. In fact, I should have just DNFed it instead... Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow most definitely wasn't the book for me, and I think I'll just leave her books alone in the future. Sure, A.J. Fikry did receive a 5 star rating, but this has been the third time her other titles have failed to hit the mark for me... And sometimes you just have to know when to throw in the towel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Ableism, Death, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

jillaay_h's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Racism, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

missaayyy's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Abortion, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racism, Cancer, Gun violence, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident