Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

193 reviews

pheebabeeba_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.25

The first half of the book I found a bit too slow to my liking, although I did enjoy the contrast of the two families, the Richardson’s and Mia and Pearl Warren. 

The main conflict; the case of Mirabelle/ May-Ling appeared close to the halfway point of the story. It introduced one of the main themes of the story: motherhood. 

The theme was very well written and thorough. Nothing about it felt black and white.  Admittedly, I didn’t care for a lot of the characters views on things,(the adoption, the surrogacy)but I understood them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Xenophobia, Abortion, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

liz_h_140's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Abandonment, and Classism

julia_rose's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

Decided to read this after loving the show and really enjoyed it. I’d be interested to see what my feelings would’ve been reading this without watching the show first as I constantly contrasted the differences between the two and I THINK the show was a BIT better and gave the characters more dimension. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Moderate: Abortion, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Racism and Cultural appropriation

amandamz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Kidnapping, and Infertility

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Miscarriage

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Beautiful book. I really enjoyed analyzing it and I definitely would look into more books by Celeste Ng in the future!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Infertility, Abortion, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Rape, and Sexual content

sophi_ereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

So much love for this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Mental illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

This was a hard read. So much to unpack. A deeply moving book about ethical and moral dilemas.

lookingglass_library's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infertility, and Miscarriage

stillhouette's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer and Racism

hanlov's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

“All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. It so easily went out of control. It scaled walls and jumped over trenches. Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles. Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Or, perhaps, to tend it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never—could never—set anything ablaze. Carefully controlled. Domesticated. Happy in captivity. The key, she thought, was to avoid conflagration.”

Oooh this one ended up fascinating me. Took me a minute to connect with the story but once it picked up, I NEEDED to know what would happen! The way everything connected was so good and definitely gets you thinking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Abandonment

elearmo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Infertility