Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

371 reviews

hannahri0's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

svtephreads's review

emotional reflective 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

I cried unexpectedly many times

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Xenophobia, Child death, and Death of parent

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

katharina90's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

The characters are unlikeable with zero redeeming qualities, there's so much abuse and trauma being inflicted that was triggering for me, and in the end it feels like there's no real resolution and no accountability for what these people did to one another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Racism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

adriennegg's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

Beautiful storytelling by Celeste Ng that takes you inside the world of each of the Lee family members as their story unfolds. Her writing included accurate depictions of racism, relationships, hidden desires, finding one’s place, love and self-loathing. I loved that the book shared each member’s perspective on the events that unfolded and allowed you to see the family’s unraveling from different views. It’s a great study on the pressures parents put on children and the sometimes unrealistic expectations we groom them to live up to. It’s tough to love due to the themes but hard not to in Ng’s portrayal of them. It’s a well-written piece that I’d recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Bullying, and Infidelity

meg347's review

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

heidipretzel's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, and Suicide

mojoelvial's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

This book is a huge reflection on family systems and their breakdowns. Concepts of racism, the golden child,  the scapegoat, and parent-child resentment are introduced from the perspectives of each character. The book has several time jumps  that give a jarring effects however may make the content challenging to follow for the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

hannah1604xx's review

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Child death, and Suicide

natbaggett's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicide