Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

10 reviews

pheebabeeba_'s review

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

cigarete_smoke's review

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, and Car accident

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Classism, Rape, and Racism

arayo's review

mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

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

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation

natnurdock's review

emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Abortion, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Grief

erinwolf1997's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Kidnapping, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

carolinacortez's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

otro libro con el que me tarde siglooooos, aino, pues esta meh la verdad, aun que no me quita las ganas de leer su primera novela (en parte por que ya la tengo lol), peor en general lo sentí muy lento había muchas partes en las uqe sentí que no pasaba nada, supongo que se podría decir que era desarrollo de personaje, pero no s ela manera en la que la autora lo hiso no me convenció, odie a muchos personajes, pero a Izzy la ADOREEEEE, nada más me quedaría ver la serie, maybe y es mejor que la novela. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Abortion, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

jasmijn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Abortion

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Infertility

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Terminal illness

haleyd's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Racism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Infertility, Abandonment, Abortion, Classism, and Miscarriage

Minor: Kidnapping and Terminal illness

meghanvolkman's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Infertility, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Terminal illness