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Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
68 reviews
rsagarin'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence
issy_jacob's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
fancyjess_party's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Drug use, Car accident, Bullying, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Ableism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Medical content, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Cancer, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Violence, and Toxic relationship
augie_'s review
- 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
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Body horror, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence
cpkottakis's review
- 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
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual violence
ammah's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence
Minor: Mental illness
melist6's review against another edition
- 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
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
tiffanymmf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Car accident, and Suicide
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Emotional abuse
astridvb'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
maziodynes's review
- 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
2.75
It's obvious the game development process stuff was well researched. I found myself really enjoying Marx's perspective as a games producer myself. however, the game dev "lingo" and the games they brought up in context were off or didn't make sense for the time (or even the character's personalities). The author researched game dev history, and design, but it seemed like she didnt actually talk to many developers, and it showed.
The MMO segment at the end was particularly weird from a player perspective - nobody pretends like they arent playing a game unless theres some REALLY stringent RP going on, rare in a full online game unless you have friends you actively slchoose to do it with.
I found any and all mentions of sex in this book to feel far too clinical. It made sense sometimes for Sadie and Sam's over-intellectual povs, but even from Marx who is an emotionally intelligent and loving person, any POV of sex felt completely stripped down of emotion. The scenes felt so impersonal they may have well been omitted, esp when they were one-off sentences of "they had sex." But of course, we get the excruciating physical and emotional details when Sadie is sexually abused by Dov. Make it make sense
This is a personal hangup, but I couldn't get behind was the fact that Sadie kept Dov in her life the entire time. I understood needing to keep the professional relationship for Ichigo, at least at first. But how the is the game that your abuser made your COMFORT GAME? and you're still GETTING BRUNCH with him 10 years later?!? and he gives her that teaching position... it just makes me absolutely sick and soured my perception of Sadie. I wanted to root for her, but between some "not like other girls"-isms and her inability to work on her mental health in any capacity, I just couldn't after a while. And I liked Sam as a character alone, but his obsessive friendship /romantic tension with Sadie was too toxic for me to end up rooting for in the end.
There were some beautiful lines in this book, some sentiments about life and friendship, and my chosen career that truly moved me. but the relationships between the characters ultimately left me wanting more resolution.
Marx was the emotional heart of this book for me in the end. His second-person chapter reduced me to tears. tbh, that chap alone is why I am giving this a 2.75 instead of 2.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Suicide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, and Terminal illness