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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
710 reviews
_pauline's review against another edition
3.5
- I read this bc of its popularity; liked the first half, but overall not for me
- the MCs entire friendship is based on the amount of time they’ve spent together + a shared talent; they barely talk to / know each other in ways that matter. mostly they’re fighting - but I didn’t care much since the good stuff their friendship is supposedly based on wasn’t really established
- so many random plot points & weird details/scenes and topics thrown in at random times; this is what bothered me most & made the book longer than it needed to be in my opinion
- the amount of times someone throws up is insane - there are other ways to show someone’s unwell
- I did like how sam showed up for sadie when she was depressed (thanks to marx, he knew how to be a good friend for like 2 pages)
- check the content warnings for this book before reading!!
"Sometimes, I would be in so much pain. The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while—better than perfectly, actually—with a set of problems that were not my own."
He was tired of his body, of his unreliable foot, which couldn't even handle the slightest expression of joy. He was tired of having to move so carefully, of having to be so careful. He wanted to be able to skip, for God's sake. … He wanted to surf, and ski, and parasail, and fly, and scale mountains and buildings. He wanted to die a million deaths like Ichigo, and no matter what damage was inflicted on his body during the day, he'd wake up tomorrow, new and whole.
Throughout his life, Sam had hated being told to "fight," as if sickness were a character failing. Illness could not be defeated, no matter how hard you fought, and pain, once it had you in its grasp, was transformational.
Sam was scared and ashamed, because he felt as if he had no control over his body, no understanding of what was causing the pain and thus, no means to ameliorate it.
maybe this is the perfect book for someone who’s into gaming? idk
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit
Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Sexual content, and Homophobia
lyriarosa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Eating disorder
blossom'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: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Racism and Abortion
Minor: Antisemitism and Vomit
ju_harue'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
5.0
Graphic: Abortion
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexism, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
linus_rieper'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
3.5
It's very well written. However, nothing about it surprised me or really stuck out to me. The emotional parts didn't land as I think they were meant to.
I hesitate to recommend it, but I also hesitate to write it off.
Graphic: Gun violence and Death
Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime
Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, and Misogyny
monicadee88's review
- 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
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, and Toxic relationship
lmfry's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
leweylibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I think my favorite aspect that I don't think I've seen anyone talk about is how Sam is absolutely aro/ace and how much other characters struggle with understanding that. Like Sadie just could not get why Sam never made a move and why he couldn't say I love you. But the friendship love once he did say it to her was really sweet. Honestly Marx was probably my favorite character, he was just such a gem and a sweetie 🥹
I also love a book that ties everything together from the beginning into the end, I really do appreciate that. It makes the story feel complete even if these characters' lives aren't complete.
Quotes:
- Unless they were unreliable or clearly established as lunatics or scoundrels, characters in novels, movies, and games were meant to be taken at face value--the totality of what they did or what they said. But people--the ordinary, the decent and basically honest-- couldn't get through the day without that one indispensable bit of programming that allowed you to say one thing and mean, feel, or even do, another. (4)
- Sam could be ignored, but the childish shared reference could not be. It was an invitation to play. (34)
- What, after all, is a video game's subtextual preoccupation if not the erasure of mortality? (65)
- There is a time for any fledgling artist where one's taste exceeds one's abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway. (68)
- "It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the lengths of our lives." (227)
- It occurred to Sadie: she had thought after Ichigo that she would never fail again. She had thought she arrived. But life was always arriving. There was always another gate to pass through. (228)
- Anyone who truly looked at Tuesday could not have possibly seen a coyote. But the woman had not truly looked, and the injustice of this hit him. Why was it acceptable for apparently well-meaning people to see the world in such a general way? (245)
- "The actual world is the random garbage fire it always is. There's not a goddamn thing I can do about the actual world's code." (331)
- "And what is love, in the end? Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through life?" (355)
- For most of his life, Sam had found it difficult to say I love you. It was superior, he believed, to show love to those one loved. But now, it seemed like one of the easiest things in the world Sam could do. Why wouldn't you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did. (384)
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexism, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Antisemitism, Ableism, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Car accident and Cultural appropriation
nopebook'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? Yes
5.0
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Ableism, Car accident, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
hannahrogers'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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Violence, and Cursing
Minor: Racism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Abortion, Murder, and Mass/school shootings