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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

249 reviews

challenging reflective fast-paced

okay listen… ending ate, no loose ends, but such a fun age just did this concept a lot better. the white people in this book did not face enough consequences in my opinion LMAO. there was a lot of telling instead of showing- like they’d bring up how these two ppl were constantly hanging out but it was never actually told from their experience.
pearl and moodys confrontation was so funny and unserious to me i’m sorry. also what kinda name is moody.

one thing though about this book that offset the negatives was the style. ng indirectly shifts perspectives in the middle of chapters and dialogue. i think it works but takes away from a focal point. i wouldn’t have minded the book being a bit longer if it meant more character development. 
writing was great but pacing was so off to me at parts. like it took 70 pages to get to the may ling/mirabelle baby thing mentioned at the very beginning and there are just a lot of drawn out ,predictable side quests. i get foreshadowing but having the twist at the very beginning that gets explained at the end just did not hit. the idea was there- execution not so much. 

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challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The pacing threw me off at first, but otherwise this is a perfect book.

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book had a dense plot which made for an engaging read however I would have liked to hear more about some characters and less about others

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emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

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emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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