Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

206 reviews

sundayfever's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Reflective read that could only have been written by an Asian person, because it captures so well the intense pressure parents put on their children lol. Lots to digest on mixed race marriages, feels of inferiority, family trauma, and gender. Felt like the queer part of the story wasn't developed enough and was just included as a throwaway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

mle11's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing, Vomit, and Racial slurs

shaleen64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

A beautiful, but saddening,  portrayal of family life and dynamics. This book covers issues relating to racism, parental expectations, societal expectations and the harm that can come from everything we fail to communicate. A beautifully written book, well suited to readers who like fully developed and relatable characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

angievansprang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

Oof. This was a heavy read. The content is very dark and I found the family dynamics hard to read about as I just felt so awful for the kids. Really goes to show the trickle-down effects of parents not dealing with their own issues and then putting said issues on their children. VERY sad read but extremely beautiful writing. I’m excited to read more by Celeste Ng.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

jrosek5's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity

maziemouse's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

 *plays It’s Quiet Uptown on repeat* 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, and Child death

jessikkaha's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This book sucked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Death, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, and Child death

helloitsemmy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide

megancortez's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. A literary masterpiece of the modern era. A harrowing story about a cataclysm of grief and tragedy, and the quiet resilience that precipitates at the bottom of heartbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Abandonment, and Grief