Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng - Book Review!

Little Fires Everywhere - What’s the best and worst thing about the country you are from?

Little Fires Everywhere - is a 2017 novel by American author Celeste Ng. It is her second novel and takes place in Shaker Heights, Ohio where Ng grew up.

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This was an intriguing and compelling domestic drama. A story about motherhood, adolescence, race, rules, right and wrong, and so much more. Great characters and an exciting plot made “Little Fires Everywhere” a fast and fantastic read.

Mrs. Richardson liked to rent to people she felt were deserving of her help, people who may have had some tight turns in life. She felt it was her way of giving back. When she first meets Mia Warren and her daughter she thinks they are the perfect tenants. Mrs. Richardson even hires Mia to do some housekeeping and cooking at the Richardson home. But it won’t be long before the many differences between Mia and Mrs. Richardson cause a divide that will affect the two families in unimaginable ways. At first, Mia `s caring ways were evident and how she responded to the different crises that came up endeared her to me. I may not have agreed with all of her choices but I could certainly see how she would have made them.

Mrs. Richardson was the type who wanted to be seen as someone who cared and helped others. However, you could tell right away that she kept track of all the good things she had done. And you never knew when Mrs. Richardson would want repayment of her “kindness.” The additional story-line of little Mirabelle McCullough/May Ling Chow’s adoption was incredibly thought to provoke and had me asking myself some hard questions. “What made someone a mother? Was it biology alone, or was it, love?” These characters jumped from the pages; they have the motivations of people you know in your own life. Mrs. Richardson's ethics and worldview are as real and as contrary as Mia's artistic sentiments. And you can't help feeling for both of them at times.

I thought that the development of the characters was fantastic. With so many styles and only so many pages, it takes skill to bring them all to life. And in my opinion; Celeste Ng did a phenomenal job.

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