Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

102 reviews

ekclar's review

emotional reflective slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

jennipea382's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

jaysaysnope's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

this is so well-written, but i am just losing my patience with creators trying to convince us that nonviolent protest will topple violent empires. also, super weird to me that IRL, the laws and public rhetoric about indoctrinating children with harmful ideas have most recently (and aggressively) been aimed at trans people, but there’s not a single mention of queerness in this book, let alone trans identity. understanding the intersections of oppression is more important now than ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

ksilvio's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Bullying

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence and Police brutality

squarahreads's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Abandonment

tiffanyduong's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

mghnhill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

Brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Violence, Racism, and Grief

jmiglus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Lucy Liu does a great job narrating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Animal death

thatsssorachael's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Abandonment

dblue236's review

challenging dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

 While this book is clearly a work of fiction, it's terrifying how little it feels it would take for the country I live in to be in exactly the situation described within it. It's not like we haven't more or less been there before. And the fact that it felt so plausible was the thing that stuck with me the most. The story in general was a bit slow moving, but the emotions it evoked made it well worth sitting through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Racism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism