Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

14 reviews

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

mercerhanau's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

ttorisaurus's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Kidnapping

vaykay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Abortion

Minor: Cancer and Racial slurs

pheebabeeba_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

The first half of the book I found a bit too slow to my liking, although I did enjoy the contrast of the two families, the Richardson’s and Mia and Pearl Warren. 

The main conflict; the case of Mirabelle/ May-Ling appeared close to the halfway point of the story. It introduced one of the main themes of the story: motherhood. 

The theme was very well written and thorough. Nothing about it felt black and white.  Admittedly, I didn’t care for a lot of the characters views on things,(the adoption, the surrogacy)but I understood them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

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: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer and Racism

schlady's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

A well written and thought provoking story that explores topics of privilege, race, family, and motherhood. The setting was strikingly accurate even in its littlest details, myself having grown up around the same real places in the Cleveland area. The various characters and their stories are interesting & compelling while still easy to keep track of, written in a seemingly effortless way while taking a few unexpected turns. The ending wrapped up a tad too quickly for me, but overall another great book by Ng that I just couldn't put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Grief, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

kdailyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

arayo's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Cultural appropriation

my_a's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Car accident, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy