Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Little Fires Everywhere

I read Everything I Never Told You by author Ng last year and was blown away by the complex characters and compelling storyline. Little Fires Everywhere was no different. One of my biggest draws to a story is realistic characters. I love truly understanding and engaging with people, seeing their motives and flaws and fears. This is where Ng truly excels, and why I love her work so much. Little Fires Everywhere deals with some difficult topics but never demonizes specific individuals, rather sharing why they think the way they think in a writing style and timeline that allows each character and situation the space to be fully explored.

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reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

Immediately after finishing this book, I could tell that it would be one that would stick with me for a while. It was almost a five-star-read for me (I can’t say why it wasn’t, or else I’d spoil the book). It was entertaining and thought-provoking, and I’m sad that it’s over.

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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emotional mysterious reflective 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

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emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Well written, entertaining and reflective. The pace is on the slower side but feels right for this story.

Great commentary on the suburbian hellscape and its rampant classism and racism.

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emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a great start to my year of reading. There is a lot of mystery surrounding the mother and daughter, at the center of the novel, and how they get entangled in the white middle-class neighborhood in Ohio.

The plot twist at the end that ends up, tearing the two families apart is really shocking to me. Even though I don’t necessarily agree with how the mother made her decision, I sympathize with her character for having to go through what she did to be a single mother and love her daughter, with her whole heart.

The side story of the drama surrounding the Chinese infant who was away by her birth mother, and then is now being fought for again because she is at a different point in life - utterly heartbreaking. It’s such a complicated situation, but ultimately the plays of power and race schism that go down in the court case are tragic.

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