Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

10 reviews

pheebabeeba_'s review against another edition

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

stillhouette's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer and Racism

schlady's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A well written and thought provoking story that explores topics of privilege, race, family, and motherhood. The setting was strikingly accurate even in its littlest details, myself having grown up around the same real places in the Cleveland area. The various characters and their stories are interesting & compelling while still easy to keep track of, written in a seemingly effortless way while taking a few unexpected turns. The ending wrapped up a tad too quickly for me, but overall another great book by Ng that I just couldn't put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Xenophobia, Infertility, Racism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Miscarriage

kdailyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death, Classism, Abandonment, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, and Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia, Car accident, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Minor: Dementia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Cancer, Rape, and Blood

arayo's review against another edition

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

my_a's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Infertility, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Grief, Death, and Cancer

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Cursing

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

liolucia's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Cancer, and Child death

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Abortion

Minor: Racism, Miscarriage, Cancer, Car accident, Infertility, and Death