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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

380 reviews

snar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

lilawsahar's review

dark emotional inspiring relaxing 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

4.25

I am not into video games, but I really liked getting to know the gaming world. I didn’t know that designers could either make their own engine or use another games design. Also the friendships were dynamic and complex which I appreciated. I think that’s my favorite part of books is getting to know other peoples relationships in the story. 

Is it anti-feminist to not like Sadie? I felt like she always painted herself to be the victim in her relationship with Sam. It didn’t seem like Sam was ever trying to sabotage Sadie. He just wanted to make games with her. Sam could be cruel like when he told Marx that he’s an NPC. But I feel like Sadie accused Sam of things that weren’t true? I don’t know maybe the accusation of Sam putting her in a touch spot with Dov was true. But not necessarily all his fault either. Sadie never understood the pain that Sam went through with his foot. Maybe she was over it? Idk. With all this being said, it was easier to relate to Sadie than Sam. Sam’s story was harder to relate to because his experiences were different than mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Car accident, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

the_milof's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Gun violence, Murder, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

narbine's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Torture, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, and Misogyny

Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, Gaslighting, Abortion, Abandonment, Cancer, and Religious bigotry

bookswithlauren's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

rachael___'s review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Abortion

infectedarea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abortion, 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

karolinaalol's review

dark emotional inspiring slow-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

2.0

There was so much hype about this book but honestly I do not think it’s worth it. The author has a likeable writing style and the plot is good, however the main characters ruined it for me. At times they are really irritating and quite narcissistic. There is also a big focus on their traumas and illness and a lot of explicit description of sexual fetishes/abusive behaviour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Suicide, Sexual violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Murder