Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

153 reviews

rmh1711's review

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug use, and Cancer

justreads93's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I never expected to love a book about video games this much. The book is long and at times hard to get through but the characters really make up for it. Everyone is fully fleshed out and there are points where I love them and point when I hate them (except Marx he’s perfect). Even when I don’t like what a character is doing or what they’re feeling I still understand where they are coming from and why they would think that way. I loved looking at the artistic process through the lens of video games

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Classism

actualresultsmayvary's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

3.5

Spoiler

I am writing the body of this review before giving a star rating because I am yet to sort out my thoughts.
On the whole I really enjoyed reading this book and I enjoyed the writing style and the switching perspectives and timelines. I particularly loved the part of the book told in the second person from Marx's perspective whilst he was in a coma. 
However, from about halfway through the book I found Sadie and then Sam quite unlikeable. Their justifications for huge fallings out were either based on easily resolved miscommunication (a trope which I can't bear) or on things which were ultimately just silly. They then seemed to make up (often after years of not talking) for again quite trivial reasons. I also found that there were sometimes small inconsistencies with the descriptions of events and whilst I am willing to write that off as an intentional decision to show that Sadie and Sam perceived things differently, I don't think it was well done.
I liked that Sadie's relationship with Dov felt realistic but I feel he was given too much of a redemption arc for a man who was essential a predator who abused her for years.
I think overall this is just a book that was overhyped for me personally, it was good but not brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Emotional abuse

fictionaladventures's review

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I’m genuinely not sure why this has won so many awards. I was hooked pretty fast and enjoyed it for a while, but at about the 40% mark I grew bored and wanted it to actually go somewhere. I felt like it never did. It’s definitely just a book about watching these people over a span of several years, but not very plot-focused or engaging in my opinion. I stopped caring about the characters because they weren’t doing anything interesting 😅 I’d only recommend this if you like character-driven “day in the life” type stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content

rachelmaria's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The first half was a 3*, the second half a 5*, balancing out at 4*.
I didn't find the characters particularly likeable, but I was definitely invested in their success and shared in their heartache. I feel sorry for books that have this much hype, as I always find they can never live up to the expectation, but I'm glad I read this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

lyssachap's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-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

5.0

The character development of this book is insanely rich - you will absolutely feel like you know these people, they are your friends,

Spoiler

you work at Unfair Games

with them - you know their families. You tear up at their struggles. It is just rich, it is insanely well-written and while it took me about 3/4s of the way to fall in love with this book it was like falling off a cliff all of the sudden. As a gamer myself this spoke to me... I often gamed to escape and the deeply-developed worlds that Sam and Sadie find themselves in pull you in from outside the book - right into the pages. 
I loved this book, I loved Sam and Sadie and Marx and Ant and Simon and Dong Hyun and Anna Lee and their stories. 

The world around them is so well-written its like this happened. This is real. These are real people outside of the book and enmeshed into the real world that all of us live in. You live a whole life with these people in 397 pages. 

I adored this book and its unlike anything I have read before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Vomit

sandyclare's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I picked this up due to the hype surrounding it and after someone had recommended this as a love letter to video games, which I found to be true. I enjoyed the portrayal of game development and design the most. Nevertheless, after the first few chapters the pacing really slowed down and the book focused heavily on the two main characters, Sam and Sadie, and how their 'platonic' relationship changed over time. They're both flawed in their own ways, however, I found both of them to be really dislikable and insufferable, thus, it was really hard to immerse myself into the story when more than half the time they were fighting and not resolving the issues they had with each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

loved the Pioneers section—genius.

Spoiler

"'Zweisamkeit' is the feeling of being alone even when you're with other people." Simon turned to look in his husband's eyes. "Before I met you, I felt this constantly. I felt it with my family, my friends, and every boyfriend I ever had. I felt it so often that I thought this was the nature of living. To be alive was to accept that you were fundamentally alone." Simon's eyes were moist. "I know I'm impossible, and I know you don't care about German words or marriage. All | can say is, I love you and thank you for marrying me anyway." 

Ant raised his glass. "Zweisamkeit," he said.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Car accident, Hate crime, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Antisemitism, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cancer, Classism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

sarzad's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book is beautiful and amazing and wonderful. I’m writing my review at 3 am, crying onto the last page. It’s so good, everyone should read it. It’s about friendship and life and games and everything, really. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, and Car accident

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual content, Drug use, and Vomit

Spoiler

there is a mass shooting

catching5tars's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Suicide