Reviews tagging Death

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

56 reviews

ayay_ron25's review

slow-paced

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

1.0

i hate this book, i read it for book club and it was such a slow and bothersome read. the characters are introduced as stereotypes which was already annoying but i thought maybe that the author was trying to make a point about how the town is obsessed with the law and following rules, NO 

ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE JUST ANNOYING TROPES THAT DONT GET BETTER!! 

the author tries to write character development but half of the characters (trip, izzy, moody, etc) don’t really matter in the book and are tied to important characters like mia or mrs richardson but they don’t change or are only used to progress others. 

i didn’t enjoy the personalities of the characters or the plot of the book, it was very bland even when the baby trial was happening. the best part of the book was mia’s childhood, but other than that i found it somewhat boring to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abortion, Sexual content, and Infertility

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death

carolinacortez's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

otro libro con el que me tarde siglooooos, aino, pues esta meh la verdad, aun que no me quita las ganas de leer su primera novela (en parte por que ya la tengo lol), peor en general lo sentí muy lento había muchas partes en las uqe sentí que no pasaba nada, supongo que se podría decir que era desarrollo de personaje, pero no s ela manera en la que la autora lo hiso no me convenció, odie a muchos personajes, pero a Izzy la ADOREEEEE, nada más me quedaría ver la serie, maybe y es mejor que la novela. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Terminal illness, Abortion, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

kkalicky94's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Classism, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Car accident, and Death

iarinas's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Every character in this book is an absolute mess and an idiot. Love that. Didn’t love the bits where the book treated sex as a completely mind and body altering event tho. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Sexual content and Death

menglert's review

emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book for the most part. I loved the juxtaposition between types of families and the development of the younger characters as they began to gain new experiences. However, I was really expecting a good catharsis at the end, and I just didn't really get one. This book begins with (spoiler for the first ten pages)

Spoiler

a child missing while a house is discovered to be burning down

. A lot of emotional tension was built up through the story, and I wish we had heard more about the final thoughts of some of the characters. Some of the openness of the ending was much appreciated, but some threads were left a bit too loose for my taste.

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Content Warnings

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

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Abortion

Minor: Racism, Miscarriage, Cancer, Car accident, Infertility, and Death

aklovekorn's review

challenging emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Racism, Child death, Classism, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

jasmijn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Abortion

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Infertility

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Terminal illness

dudette's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Abortion

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

ayem's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

A new classic for the American canon. Manages to be both reflective and a page turner. I can see why they made it a TV show! I’ll have to watch it. 

If she wasn’t already a great author, Celeste Ng might consider a career in photography. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility