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Our Missing Hearts: A Novel by Celeste Ng

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oliviastieler's review against another edition

3.0

i really want to give this book a higher rating bc once it was good it was So Good. the last 40-50% of the book was so captivating and had such an important message but i felt like the whole first half of the book setting everything up was just. dull. like so dull that it took me 7 months to get past it. that’s how unmotivated i was to read it. nevertheless, it was a good book with significant messages i just wish i would have been more captivated from the start

clarissa068's review against another edition

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hopeful 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

aliencatl0rd's review against another edition

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5.0

A work of fiction that is all too real.

cecerav's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

lpaini_16's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Immediately pulled in! I loved Ng’s two other books and she’s definitely an auto buy author now.

I did have to get used to the lack of quotation marks. I also found that the chapters could be a little long for my personal taste, but sometimes the story held my focus that they went by quickly. The story itself is Heartbreaking and inspiring! I loved the complex characters and getting to know them throughout the novel. I also loved Ng’s prose as always; there were plenty of lines I was struck by, reread, and wanted to highlight (but couldn’t because I read a library copy)!

Although the events of the book are fiction, there were a lot of parallels to what we have seen both in the past and the present. I highly recommend Our Missing Hearts if you enjoy dystopian novels, literary prose, and/or complex characters!

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