Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

32 reviews

oatmilkie's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Classism, Infertility, Grief, and Miscarriage

cylite's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

The story was interesting but I felt that there were too many stories happening at the same time. It felt that there was no central story but rather several side stories happening at the same time. The ending also felt incomplete, almost like a cliffhanger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Classism

celenawirth's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

There are a lot of important themes broken down in this book (socioeconomic class, race, women’s struggles in society, etc.), however the story was just okay in my opinion. The main “conflict” of the book took quite a while to introduce in that I had forgotten what was coming by the time it was planted. The book does a great job and portraying real life problems in our society and breaking down those important themes. I found the contrast between Izzy/Elena very interesting as well as the subplot of Lexie’s character development something that a lot of young women could really resonate with. I think overall, there was a solid plot and good character development, but I found myself bored at times and forgetting what I had read (the chapters are very long). 3.5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Abortion, and Abandonment

sharebear431's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Classism, Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Miscarriage

dholivero's review

The book is both very predictable and slow-paced. I also understand why the author tiptoes around Mia's and Pearl's race, but it makes the entire theme of the book fall flat. When you have sections about how Pearl and Mia look different and don't talk about why and how that affects the way people treat them, the story loses power. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

mbattiest's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death and Stalking

yolie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

What a great novel, that’s so multi-layered and rich with backstories for each of the main characters and which helps you understand why they ended up the way they did and what lead them to those decisions. It’s a story led by strong women characters who you might not always agree with their choices, but you understand why they made them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Abortion

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

vedpears's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Child death

bookdragonenby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I read this for my English class and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The story is complex and at times difficult to follow, but overall this is a good story to get you thinking. I love seeing the different points of view and getting caught up in the drama of it is exilerating.

Spoiler

The book doesn't have a happy ending it is merely a content ending. With Mrs. Richardson finally understanding that her perfect bubble has popped, leaving Izzy out on her own.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Classism

Minor: Abortion, Racism, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Infertility

lethukhanyile's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Classism, and Racism