Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

118 reviews

jfb0622's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Abortion and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

brianna_reading5's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

Ng's writing style just didn't work for me :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Infertility

Moderate: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

madde's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

Celeste Ng does a fantastic job of bring every character to life and diving into the complexities of different relationships and conflicts.   These characters bring to life topics like race, adoption, and class divides. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Racism, Abortion, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

taymallen's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the themes of motherhood/class/race that plainly interacted in all the characters lives, whether they were aware or not. Felt like the fire didn’t tie into the story as much as I would have thought.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Abortion, Racism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

boekenalsontbijt's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, and Racism

oatmilkie's review against another edition

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

rubyred_dreams's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.75

This is a wonderful commentary on ideal American family life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Racism

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

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