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Oct 17, 2017
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The story held my attention right from the start, but I grew up just a few miles from Shaker Heights and question Ng”s characterizations of and generalizations about Shaker and its residents and the omission of certain artistic hot spots around Cleveland. The narrator of the audio edition does a good job although perhaps lays it on a little too heavy in the unappealing voice of Elena Richardson. The book takes on multiple characters’ points of view which made it difficult to really bond with any
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Ng's Little Fires Everywhere is remarkable for being a quick read yet having engaging characters and grappling with big questions.
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I wanted to love this book since it gets such glowing reviews. And it is indeed a page-turner, a mystery, and a pleasure to read for its exploration of teenagers coming of age, cross-cultural adoptions, and motherhood in all its forms (biological, adoptive, aborted) and with all its hard questions and high emotions.
But in the end, I felt like there was no question of the author's sympathies lying largely with non-conforming mothers like Mia and Bebe, while almost vilifying more conventional moth ...more
But in the end, I felt like there was no question of the author's sympathies lying largely with non-conforming mothers like Mia and Bebe, while almost vilifying more conventional moth ...more
I liked it ok. The characters were well drawn, and I understood their behavior. I just wasn't that surprised or delighted by the book - I don't expect to remember it, and don't have much to recommend about it. But it was a fine read, and I hear from friends that it is also a well done audiobook.
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