Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

232 reviews

hrushton01's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

I’m not sure what to think about this book. I wasn’t around in the 80s & 90s but many of the storylines seem rather… unrealistic. But the plot twist(s) at the end were to die for!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Car accident

salewis224's review

hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It was okay, kind of like a movie that you see when flipping through channels and you land on it, and you don’t change away from it because it’s justtt good enough to keep your attention. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

josisteacup's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

joshpow3ll's review

emotional 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

I don't normally read books like this. I don't normally read small town dramas about an outsider coming into a perfect community and blowing it all up. And yet I loved it.

The initial chapter, providing a dramatic reveal of the ending, I think was necessary considering the rest of the first half really took its time to build the setting and wide ensemble of characters. But past the first half, everything accelerated and fell into place quite quickly. It took me a few days to start, but only a few hours to finish. 

It did feel pretentious at times, particularly with some dictionary-reaching choices of vocabulary and delves into art theory, but I'm glad I didn't let them get in the way of an enjoyable read.

The politics and well-meaning liberal speak about race in the 1990s was also interesting to read in comparing how far popular culture has come since then. To me it didn't come across as too preachy, but I think my conservative relatives would disagree with me on that!

Interested to see what else Celeste Ng has in store for her readers in the future!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

tell_them_stories's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Car accident, Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

megh_'s review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

krod97's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Abortion

rach_marie's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

annatl4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Ng writes about such difficult but important topics so beautifully. the characters and intersecting storylines were so complex. the tale of motherhood and what makes a mother is such a difficult plot line to create but I think Ng did a great job of portraying what it felt like to be a daughter of a flawed mother. i felt a hatred but a sympathy for all the characters which allowed the story to feel realistic. i wish there wasn’t so many lose ends but i think a lot of the story was left open ended in order to interject ur own morals and opinions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

idesofmarch's review

emotional reflective tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Abandonment