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Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

9 reviews

bookdragonenby's review

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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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ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.5


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jamiejanae_6's review

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

4.0


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jeanny's review

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

4.75

 single mom, Mia, and her teenage daughter, Pearl, just moved to Shaker. they rent out a house from the Richardsons, they’re your typical clean-cut suburban family. and the mom, Elena Richardson, is determined to uncover Mia’s secrets. 

the first 80 pages were pretty slow in my opinion, but from the hundredth page and so on, it became more well-paced and a whole lot more interesting. but the writing is so beautiful, so i didn't find it insufferably slow.  this book was so unpredictable, there are so many plot twists and the main conflict was something i would've never expected. also, the themes of family, motherhood, and mother-daughter relationships made me really think back and do some self-reflection. i think that Celeste Ng did an amazing job on laying this undertone of the ongoing racial issues of the late 1980s. by the last hundred pages, i couldn’t put the book down. the ending was so unpredictable but i do feel like it was the most suitable and reasonable ending.

my only complaint is that i didn't feel strongly about any of the characters. all of them just came off as morally gray to me and it left me feeling conflicted, but it did lead to me having a more neutral outlook and the story. but i was genuinely amazed and taken away by this book. one of the best reads of 2021.

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katalina's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

3.75


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naoewald's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0


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cerilouisereads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

5.0


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raelin's review against another edition

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

4.0

Solid read. Nothing is cut and dry in this story, characters or their decisions. Tons of characters, so it’s hard for every single one to be extensively fleshed out, but you get insights into all of their thoughts and mini biographies on all of them at some point. Quick read, and lots of things happening along the way to keep your interest, but not so much that it is confusing or hard to keep characters straight. 

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claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

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

3.0

Shaker Heights is the perfect community: everything is organized and planned and perfect. Mrs. Robinson has lived in Shaker practically her whole life, and she has taken these values wholly to heart. Then Mia, a nomadic and free-spirited artist, moves into the Robinson family's duplex with her daughter, Pearl. Everything is fine at first; Pearl befriends the Robinson children and Mia starts working as a housekeeper for the Robinsons. When the Shaker Heights community is disrupted by a custody battle for a Chinese-American baby, tensions flare and truths are brought to light.

All of the contemporary fiction I have been reading lately has strong themes of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships, and it's really making me miss my mom (It doesn't help that this weekend is Mother's Day here in Spain)! I loved Ng's writing style and the flashbacks that gave more context and personal history of the characters throughout the book. I really liked Mia's  story (and her character in general) while anything from Mrs. Robinson's point of view was painful to read (she's just obnoxious...I know that's the point).

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the vibes):
SpoilerBittersweet for sure, and a little ambiguous.

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