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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Racism and Child death
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Racial slurs
katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Racism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Racial slurs
Minor: Suicide and Homophobia
adriennegg's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Bullying, and Infidelity
heidipretzel's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, and Suicide
mojoelvial's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Racism, Suicide, and Emotional abuse
fancyjess_party'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
2.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Racism, and Sexism
mariekejee'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
I absolutely loved my time with this book, and I wept when I finished it. In fairness, I wept during it too. Celeste Ng has a remarkable talent for writing character studies and complex families. They feel so real, and therefore it is so painful to see the slow descent into dysfunction (or, some might argue, the continuation of dysfunction through generations).
I'm usually much more articulate on what I loved and didn't love when writing reviews, but this book just took me by surprise. I knew I would probably like it, but I loved it. I was absorbed by it. I cannot form eloquent thoughts besides "this is a really, really good book". So there, there's my review.
Graphic: Racism
frey'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Infidelity, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Racial slurs and Pregnancy
Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, and Alcohol
elenats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death and Racism
sloan_emmi92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Child death
Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Medical content, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism