sophia's Reviews > Little Fires Everywhere

~ 4.0 stars~

A refreshing read.

This book is beautiful. It is so immersive and thorough, engrossing you, capturing your attention, glueing your eyes to the pages. This is what happened to me. It becomes addicting. At first, I took the book slowly, I probably read about one-fifth of the book in a shocking five days, partly because I was busy, but then, the storytelling, backstoreis, and plot started becoming broader and that just encapsulated my attention, and I finished the book two days after that.

All the characters seamlessly work together, and each of their backstories is unique. This novel is very character-driven. Despite some reviews that I read saying that the plot moves slowly, personally, I actually think the plot moves at a moderate pace, so it absolutely did not drag the book on. Each chapter was refreshing to read.

Ng is so creative. Honestly, I was inspired by this book. The photos she detailed so well almost brought them to life in my head, but of course, I'm not that imaginative, so the photo I imagined is way worse that the actual thing Ng was visualizing. But they were just so creative. If someone who knows photography really captured some of those photos, I'm sure I would want to go see them. For real.

Regarding the ending, I do wished it could have ended on a different note of a different "pov." (Basically, the story is told in third person, but jumps around between the thoughts/stories of the characters.) Also, maybe it's just me, but I wasn't too emotional about the story, so I do wish I was more emotionally attached, but I was still bittersweet about the situation in the book. I just wished I could have been more emotional.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book, as it is truly an amazing novel.