Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

187 reviews

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

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

emadisonc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

“Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry them with you.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism

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

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Racism, Miscarriage, Grief, Kidnapping, and Abortion

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

babylumberjackbaby's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, and Infertility

Moderate: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

londeen's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, and Racism

mattyvreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Celeste Ng is the queen of domestic drama. Period.

I loved this book so much. The writing is superb, and it moved me as much as “Everything I Never Told You” (one of my favorite books that I read last year.) There were plot points that had my jaw dropped.

I can’t wait to read this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Cultural appropriation

aliciawithoutkeys's review

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Racism

clarelou612's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the author’s writing style and the general plot, but the structure and pacing of this book didn’t work for me. It was hard to tell what the central plot/conflict was supposed to be and the first half was quite slow while the second half was super fast. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, and Racism