Review by luckyonesoph - Little Fires Everywhere

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luckyonesoph 's review for:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

4.25

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I finished Little Fires Everywhere in one day. It was engrossing - the twists and turns gave me whiplash at times - but also achingly beautiful, and I already know I'm going to have a hard time thinking about anything except Celeste Ng's characters for the next week or so. Some of them are really unlikeable - because they're irritating or childish or patronizing, or all three - but my chest hurts for them anyways because of how well their internal conflicts and complexity were written. I've never read a novel that left me hoping for better, more hopeful endings for characters I didn't even really like.

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