Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

52 reviews

write2run's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

marigold82's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I felt this book. It is a dystopia that feels like it could have been or could be. There is a lot of discussions this book could being out. Especially with how if you wait to act until it happens to you there will likely be no one to take a stand anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

bambooboy's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Abandonment

elinawise's review

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

acopytopy's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

The writing style of this book almost resembles a fairytale, as does its plot. However, partway through the book, some surprisingly mature themes are introduced. I included a minor content warning for sexual assault, which I didn't expect considering the protagonist is a 12-year-old.

Seemingly everything in the story revolves around Asian discrimination to a sometimes absurd degree. (I say this as an Asian American myself.) The writing style is simplistic, but the themes, while overt, still ring true. Nevertheless, I would describe the story as lackluster as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

msbarnesela's review

dark emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

A dystopia that feels terrifyingly present and real. I could see the path between our current world and this kind of world. Although some of the characters were easy to criticize, I could also see myself doing the same as each of them in the same situation.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

purronyou's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault

lishmo's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Islamophobia

dionnesims's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I read 3/4ths and skimmed the last 1/4th because it moves very slowly. It's a lot of storytelling within the storytelling, if that makes sense. So there isn't really a deep plot, mostly reflection on why the characters are in their current states. I don't really enjoy that kind of story but I'm sure some folks will!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Classism

artmuseam's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

this was my first book to read by celeste ng and i was honestly unsure of what to prepare myself for. while it is a dystopian, “fiction” piece, this felt way too realistic with the anti-asian violence that is sewn throughout the story—and celeste ng does make note of that! however i thought the execution was a bit weak with this concept and the ending made me feel disappointed. maybe it’s my own hope of a happy ending being needed in a story full of loss, violence, and strained love, but i was unsatisfied with how the conclusion turned out. still, this book did make me reflect on the notions of american nationalism and what it means to be a “true” american—something we find so commonly today. i will admit that a couple scenes left me in tears, so prepare some tissues if you crumble at emotional stories about mothers love like me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault