Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

22 reviews

aeriecircus's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Grief, Abortion, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Racism

Minor: Bullying

oatmilkie's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Classism, Infertility, Grief, and Miscarriage

nicolesorial's review against another edition

3.5

Interesting, but it felt like Ng created a complex conflict and then couldn't really figure out a good way to solve it. The scattered focus on each character took a while to get used to, but ultimately worked in my opinion. The themes of motherhood interlaced in so many different ways throughout is what saved the book from its own ending, which was very dissatisfying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Infertility, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Death

yolie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

What a great novel, that’s so multi-layered and rich with backstories for each of the main characters and which helps you understand why they ended up the way they did and what lead them to those decisions. It’s a story led by strong women characters who you might not always agree with their choices, but you understand why they made them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Abortion

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

vedpears's review

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Child death

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

merelyakalan's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Abortion

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

silvani's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a compelling read, but it ended very abruptly, and it wasn't a satisfying ending in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Cultural appropriation

choi_lacroix's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

meligarcia's review

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy