Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

49 reviews

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

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

language_loving_amateur's review against another edition

challenging sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence and Alcohol

rachelle_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was hard to read not because of the prose or literary style, but because the subject matter hits so close to home. It’s not difficult to imagine this story happening in a U.S. a few years from now. 

But oh, the subversive power of art. Of story. Of the written and spoken word. This is the kind of book that makes me want to read more and write more and make more music and be out in the world more, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, and Hate crime

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

axel_p's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

This should be an A24 movie

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Classism, Violence, Death of parent, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, War, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

linatheteafairy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Racism, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, and Child abuse

alimackenzie's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

3/3.5 stars. I may change this as I sit with it more, but right now this is how I’m feeling. It’s unfortunate as the subject matter is so important and timely, and I LOVED her other books, but this one just felt “meh” in the end for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

bookswithisabel's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad

4.5

*4.5 stars
Ugh I just love Celeste Ng, this was so good but heartbreaking, as all of her books are. No spoilers, but as an aspiring librarian/archivist the role that librarians and libraries played in this story made me so emotional. 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality, Abandonment, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs and Panic attacks/disorders

annamay1021's review

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and Bullying