Little Fires Everywhere: Reese's Book Club

by Celeste Ng

[Jyc]

★★★ // this was interesting for the most part and i found myself moved by some of the little stories here—especially Mia’s backstory. but it also felt cold, devoid of a spark that could have totally grabbed my attention. perhaps because it takes on too many side stories that it fails to fully capture character moments. perhaps because i wanted it to really tell us a story about motherhood. even though it did a pretty good job stirring a debate on the subject, i suppose it would have been more gripping if it involved the primary characters instead of a reflection on other people’s lives in the story.

”Mia held her for a moment, buried her nose in the part of Pearl’s hair. Every time she did this, she was comforted by how Pearl smelled exactly the same. She smelled, Mia thought suddenly, of home, as if home had never been a place, but had always been this little person whom she’d carried alongside her.”