A review by aphelele
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The book was okay, could have been better if I didn’t feel like the writer was desperate for drama when they added a new plot about Bebe fighting for the custody of her child. It was a very simple case to take care of, the laws were presented to us when the case began and it’s quite obvious that if you gave your child up, you gave them to the system and to another family regardless of your racial concerns. Mia was presented as this perfect mom and Elena was the bad guy, believe it or not Mia was also very much a bad guy, she was extremely selfish as a mom, she was controlling and Pearl’s uncomfortability with the subject of constantly having was presented from time to time in the book but it was never properly addressed and dealt with, they [Mia and Pearl] always just end up cuddling after a fight without dealing with shit. Everything felt as though it was left unfinished, and the story felt slow paced at the beginning but rushed near the end and that just ruined the plot for me. I see the sim of the book but the execution was pretty rough on my part. 

Also the whole thing with Izzy was left unfinished, sure she went looking for Mia but what happened?