Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

67 reviews

sunflower7skull's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Beautiful book. I really enjoyed analyzing it and I definitely would look into more books by Celeste Ng in the future!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Infertility, Abortion, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Rape, and Sexual content

adriennegg's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.5

This was my second book of Celeste Ng’s and I found it lighter, faster and more enjoyable than the other - Everything I Never Told You. It was a good read on the disparity between having the ideals of a better and speaking the right words but not working that through in practice. I was left wanting the world to be right for most of the characters, but of course, it never ends that way is it’s not a utopia. Worth reading if you’re up for something quick and light between other things.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Classism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Kidnapping and Abandonment

sophi_ereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

So much love for this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Mental illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

This was a hard read. So much to unpack. A deeply moving book about ethical and moral dilemas.

hanlov's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

“All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. It so easily went out of control. It scaled walls and jumped over trenches. Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles. Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Or, perhaps, to tend it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never—could never—set anything ablaze. Carefully controlled. Domesticated. Happy in captivity. The key, she thought, was to avoid conflagration.”

Oooh this one ended up fascinating me. Took me a minute to connect with the story but once it picked up, I NEEDED to know what would happen! The way everything connected was so good and definitely gets you thinking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Abandonment

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Abortion, Sexism, Alcohol, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

alissa_lopez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment, Infertility, and Abortion

Tough content about adoption.

madisonkane321's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

cigarete_smoke's review against another edition

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