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Kleine Feuer überall by Celeste Ng

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abbimmorgan's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I wanted to like this book, and overall it was okay, but I was so disappointed by the ending.

All of that build up and we’re supposed to just accept that a mixup with an abortion chased a family out of town, burned a home down, and made an underaged girl run away from home? This all seemed too dramatic, while also underwhelming. It would have been more interesting if they had to keep moving to keep the Ryan’s from finding Pearl, and had to leave because Mrs. Richardson was going to expose that secret. I just don’t see why *that* was big enough to force Pearl and Mia to leave in the dead of night.

The writing is beautiful and the story is quite compelling, I couldn’t put the book down, but once I got 3/4 of the way through I realized the story wouldn’t be able to land in a satisfying way. In the end it’s just a teen drama that adults got involved in and made messy.

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sophi_ereads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So much love for this book

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lookingglass_library's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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hanlov's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

“All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. It so easily went out of control. It scaled walls and jumped over trenches. Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles. Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Or, perhaps, to tend it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never—could never—set anything ablaze. Carefully controlled. Domesticated. Happy in captivity. The key, she thought, was to avoid conflagration.”

Oooh this one ended up fascinating me. Took me a minute to connect with the story but once it picked up, I NEEDED to know what would happen! The way everything connected was so good and definitely gets you thinking.

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