My
Rating: 4
I stayed up waaaaay past my bedtime to finish
this one last night, but once I got about 40% in, I literally couldn’t put it
down.
Voted as the best book of 2017 by Goodreads, I
knew that I was going to have to check this one out as soon as I could. Pushing
it to the top of my list thanks to the raving reviews, I didn’t really know
what to expect when going in, but honestly, that’s just fine with this one.
On the surface Little Fires Everywhere is the
story of a suburb in Cleveland, Shaker Heights, that was founded on very strict
and planned principles which trickled down to the society and residents who
currently lived there, including the Richardsons and their four kids. All of
that would change, however, once Mia and her daughter Pearl moved to town,
disrupting the order of everything.
Deeper down, the book is a complex character
portrait that displays the intricacies and gray areas we all have, no matter
how hard we try to hide them. It brings forth tons of questions about right and
wrong, relationships and motherhood, friends and enemies, and most of all, how
we follow rules or follow the little voice of passion inside. There are tons of
characters in the book, and the author puts you in all of their heads at some
point, showing the thoughts behind their actions and the reasoning behind their
words. At first I didn’t think I would like jumping around so much, but the
author did it wonderfully and it ended up adding that much more depth and
compassion to the story.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and
understood why so many people suggested it. It started off a little slow for me
in the beginning, but as I got into the groove of the author’s style and became
more connected to each character, I simply couldn’t stop eating it up. This is
definitely one that people will be talking about for years and I guarantee this
blaze won’t be extinguished anytime soon.
-Busy Brunette
Labels: Fiction, Rating 4