Little Fires Everywhere in Around the World in 80 Books

May 20, 2018 Sunflower rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2018

This is a complex story, which for me boiled down to families and behaviour. Adolescents searching for their place, babies wanted and unwanted, ordered existences becoming disrupted, and events and decisions from the past surfacing and affecting events in unexpected ways.

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Jun 07, 2018 Diane rated it it was amazing

Shelves: era-contemporary

“The rich retreat back into their money”
Nick Caraway

It’s been only a few hours since finishing the book. But swirling around in my thoughts is how perfectly entitled Elena felt. So much that she never realized her impact on those around her. Locating the still grieving parents of a son whose life was cut short while still in high school in a car accident - misrepresenting that the actual reason for her visit was to uncover secrets about their daughter. Or thinking that she had the right to dema ...more

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Dec 13, 2017 Kat rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017

3.5 Stars, but I rounded up. I liked the story and having it set in a time period I remember growing up in, so that was a great connection for me personally. I enjoyed each character individually and the intricate ways they all tied together. Congrats on the Good Reads Book of the Year, but I felt it wasn't the best book published in 2017. Maybe the hype made me expect something more. ...more

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May 18, 2019 Wes F rated it really liked it · review of another edition

My second book by Celeste Ng--I liked this one more than the first one. Interesting intra-cultural & familial relationships in a nice, neat orderly suburb of Cleveland. Borrowed from the library.

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