Reviews tagging Racism

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

106 reviews

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

hayleydunn's review

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Racism

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

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

azalya01's review

inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, Racism, and Blood

ahh_listen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

telemesmerism's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Abandonment and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Miscarriage, Classism, Abortion, and Infertility

wends_nblw's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

i hate white people. /hj
im a little sad about the ending.

Spoiler

i mean, how did mrs. richardson react to lexie being the one who had an abortion? what happened to izzy? how did pearl leaving affect trip? how does this affect how the family operates?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Abortion, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Racism, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

catesampson's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Racism

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