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Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Misogyny, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Infidelity
I think Celeste Ng does a great job threading context/ characters' histories into the current narrative. That story telling tool often irritates me but she does it so well that it doesn't feel like an interruption.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicide
this book will leave you feeling hollow, will force you to come face to face with everything in your life that you've done right and wrong, as if there can really be a right and a wrong. as the title implies, you'll think of everything these characters never tell each other and think of all the things you should say but couldn't, and the things you did say but didn't mean. this is my second novel by Ng, and I think this might be her specialty. she can create a story that is just so heartbreakingly beautiful.
Ng does a wonderful job of switching between the POVs of various characters, showing us what each person was feeling, how others interpreted it, and the reality of the consequences of their actions. I thought this is what made the book extraordinarily special---you were watching everyone's feelings unfold so fluidly before your eyes, and by the time you find out what happened to Lydia, you realize just how preventable it could have been.
again, it's a sad book, so caution going into it, but I'd suggest. personally, I think Ng might be one of the best contemporary writers out there.
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicide
Minor: Homophobia, Outing
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide
Minor: Death of parent, Outing
Graphic: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Xenophobia
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Sexual harassment
Minor: Body horror, Rape, Death of parent
What I did like is that it centers around a normal, everyday family. No fantastical story arcs, twists and turns, or serial killers hidden throughout the pages. Just… real people.
What I didn’t love was how slow of a slow burn it was. It was a long, loooong character study of the Lee family—each grappling with the struggles of life and how lack of communication can slowly destroy relationships. The nature of the book is also very heavy, which (somehow) caught me off guard.
Graphic: Child death, Infidelity
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent