Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

371 reviews

adeavila's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

This book is so incredibly emotional. I cried genuine tears for the characters and I felt their pain. All of the characters have complexity and weave a story that creates a beautiful tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Racism

lavaly_1's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, and Death

tessareads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Beautifully written and incredibly sad. I didn't fully understand what happened at the end and I wish they'd communicated more. Feel really bad for Hannah and Lydia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

duntothewood's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, Grief, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Outing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

e11en's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Child death

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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

5.0

Heartbreaking read that I had to put down a few times because it hurt so bad, but such a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Racism, and Infidelity

o_holynight's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

*vin diesel voice* Family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Racism, and Infidelity

schlady's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, and Sexism

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

Celeste Ng does an amazing job writing about trauma,  racism,  misogyny,  and dysfunctional families.  This gut-wrenching story of a teen girl's disappearance and death moves back and forth between before and after the tragedy and demonstrates how experiences from childhood can create generations of pain. The main story takes place in 1977 Ohio, but reaches back to China, California,  Virginia,  and Boston. 
I found it a painful reading experience, especially the scenes with parents lashing out at their children, and the amount of secrets every single family member is carrying will break your heart. I am glad I read it for a book club because I need to discuss and process it with others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Grief, Racism, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse and Alcohol

unicornfloof's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, and Suicide