A review by gardens_and_dragons
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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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