Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

53 reviews

kbpfaulkner's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Infertility

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

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

Well written! I just wish the chapters were shorter and there had been more character descriptions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Abortion and Kidnapping

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

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

vedpears's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Child death

wends_nblw's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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