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Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng

4 reviews

dtierra's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage , and Toxic friendship

Ng’s prose is absolutely beautiful and most of the book is woven beautifully. That said, I am disappointed by Ng making the choice to hinge so much of the story of the

Spoiler

disputed custody of Chinese-American baby on the white Richardson family.

The limited storylines we see of Asian/Asian American characters is nowhere near as fleshed out as the Richardson family which is largely disappointing. The book approaches incredibly important nuance on the topic of transracial adoption and well meaning white women. While some adoptive parents may dislike this book, I think Ng delivers the hard truth about transracial adoption. I truly wish that Asian characters such as Bebe and Mr. Yang were able to be more fleshed out, it would have added to a compelling narrative.

annchmn's review

hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.75

So much happened… There was a ton of story lines and backgrounds. It was interesting to see each character’s perspective built off their upbringing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Miscarriage , and Infertility

denisedarden's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This story take place in shaker heights and it from the point of view of two very different families, and how they live in this life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Alcohol

risemini's review

emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

idk what to say abt this book bc it was kinda weird like its a weird genre imo like nothing happened but at the same time things did happen. anyways moody disappointed me so much i was rooting 4 him n he turned out to be misogynistic. but i did like this book omg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Miscarriage , Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Mental illness