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Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

117 reviews

sharebear431's review against another edition

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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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yolie's review against another edition

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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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bookdragonenby's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I read this for my English class and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The story is complex and at times difficult to follow, but overall this is a good story to get you thinking. I love seeing the different points of view and getting caught up in the drama of it is exilerating.
Spoiler The book doesn't have a happy ending it is merely a content ending. With Mrs. Richardson finally understanding that her perfect bubble has popped, leaving Izzy out on her own.
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regen20's review against another edition

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

2.5

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jordynkw's review against another edition

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

4.0

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liolucia's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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lynssss's review against another edition

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

3.25

This story is an engrossing one that reads more like magical realism than contemporary fiction. I would best describe it as a modernized American fairy tale or folk legend. "What if your cleaning lady was the Virgin Mary?" If you will. While the cast of characters are diverse and the topics and themes the book touches on are interesting to dive into, at the end of the day it seems to answer these questions with moral platitudes and wrap it up with a pretty bow. I also thought it was odd that the book didn't really discuss how taboo mental illness was at that time despite alluding to it several times. Maybe in that sense it stayed very on theme by not mentioning it. At the end i did rush to finish it because I wanted to see how things would all turn out for everyone that we don't really get to know all that deeply but at the end you are left with an anticlimactic and somewhat vague ending. I don't feel that any of the characters did grow at the end of the book, or if they did, it's because they are magically converted to Mia-ism through their past contact with her and her quiet sermons she passes on to them. On the other hand I'm interested to look into the show and see if there is any differences in the adaptation. 3.25/5 stars.
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telemesmerism's review against another edition

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

5.0

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wends_nblw's review against another edition

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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.
Spoileri 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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kkalicky94's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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