Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

158 reviews

katelynndzindzio's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

"Every person you knew, every person you loved even, did not have to consume you for the time to have been worthwhile." -Sadie

This is not just a book about videogames and game designers, this book dives into the challenges that college students face when they are taking the steps into the real world. The challenges that come when the world is constantly changing. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow touches on hard topics such as grief, gun violence, gay rights in ways that make you feel like we are failing the world for the future generations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Bullying, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

vee3105's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

zeppolin's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved the book from the first to the last page, which is very rare. I had to put it aside once so I wouldn’t start sobbing on the bus. Probably my favourite read of the year already.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Car accident, and Terminal illness

efratmaor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow, what an amazing book. One of the best books I've ever read. 
The author is able to bring us into the characters' relationships, into their creative and work processes. 
And all with love and intricate nuances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Car accident, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Cancer, Hate crime, Miscarriage, and Sexual harassment

megrob's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

jlbailey831's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

In a lot of ways, this was a great book. I want to play the games. The writing is good. The emotions felt very real. Marx, Dong Hyun, and Bong Cha were perfect and I loved them. But, Sadie and Sam were kind of awful. Dov was actually awful. And I don’t think I’ve ever had to look up more words in a book than in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Cancer, and Terminal illness

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

jhsu's review

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion, Terminal illness, and Rape

amelia_d's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

laughingrevolution's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Medical trauma