Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

208 reviews

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

elisabeth888's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

Amazingly written, delving into mother-daughter relationships and the mistakes and sacrifices that mothers make, both to help themselves and their daughters. Throughout the novel we see different paths to motherhood arise, both reluctant and enthusiastic, which cause us to question what motherhood truly is. Along the way Celeste Ng's novel lends itself to greater discussions about classism, racism, reproductive justice, and the concept of planned communities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

latsin's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, and Abortion

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Car accident, and Abortion

eldenreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

I put off reading this book for so long, and MAN do I regret that. This book was so deep, had so many levels, covered so many HARD THINGS, but it still felt like a slice of life novel somehow. The plot line with the McCullough’s and Bebe was absolutely heart-wrenching, and the END! Ugh. Please read this book. Don’t be like me and put it off. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

sheilaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Abortion

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

koobone's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

kbowles24's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

audreylee's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

While all but one of the characters were very one-note, the one who might have been the most complex as the character, with a foot in both worlds, was instead a cipher. The Author apparently wanted to fit every type of mother into the novel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Abortion