Reviews tagging Kidnapping

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

46 reviews

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

readingbetweenthemoors's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

Graphic: Abortion, Kidnapping, and Infertility

madisonmcgu's review

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

5.0

a very beautifully written book that explores motherhood. i loved the commentary on adoption, specifically cross cultural adoption, and the ethics of alternative family planning. i liked the three person point of view that let the readers know what led to the characters, even minor ones, making the decisions that they do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

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

kjm_x's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, and Toxic friendship

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

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

lbrowne13's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Death

katiehuntington's review

mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abortion, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Classism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Death, Child death, and Car accident

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

Now I see why everyone liked this so much. I love that Ms. Ng gave everyone a little bit of backstory.  What a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Moderate: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Racism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

Huge warning for anyone who isn't in a great place to read about babies and pregnancy and parenthood.