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# Little Fires Everywhere: 'Outstanding' Matt Haig

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Review: Highly recommended, beautifully written and thought-provoking - This is a really seductive read. The novel opens at the end, and we learn that Isabelle (Izzy) Richardson has burned down the family home in the upmarket Shaker Heights area of Cleveland. Set in the 1990s when Bill Clinton is president, the story focuses on the Richardson family and their perfect, meticulously planned lives (much like Shaker Heights itself with its rules about what colour you can paint your home, and about not putting bins on the sidewalk). But even the best laid plans cannot avoid the disruptive influence of outsiders; Mia Warren, a photographic artist arrives with her daughter, Pearl, and, renting a duplex from the Richardsons, soon becomes close to the family. Further uncertainty is created in the community as a result of a controversial inter-racial adoption case which ends up in court. There are lots of layers and the story allows the author to explore attitudes to race, class differences, our attempts to control our lives and the relationships between mothers and children here. The characters were engaging, complex and sympathetically drawn. Even if we didn't like all of them equally, there is a sense that that author wants us to understand them and the choices they make. It's a beautifully written book, easy to read, and gripping, but also thought provoking, leaving an impression on the mind long after the last page has been turned. I will certainly be seeking out Celeste Ng's first novel on the strength of this, her second. Highly recommended.
Review: Well-written, pacy tale of middle-America - 3.5 Stars rounded up. My sister recommended this as something a bit different to help me out my reading slump. I see it's been made into a Netflix series too, and I can understand why, it is a very cinematic book with a fast-paced story and some intriguing characters. So, we have a nice, middle-class Edward Scissorhands-type American town, and into it come Mia and her daughter Pearl, ready to stir things up. We have the Richardson's three teenage children who are, without knowing it, ripe for being stirred up, and we have Elena Richardson, a woman who plays by the rules, but who kind of sort of would have liked to have been a rebel, if you could be a rebel by playing by the rules. And so the fire is lit under all of them. The story unravels at quite a pace, and jumps backwards and forwards in time, with the perspective/point of view jumping about at about the same rate. I found this a little disconcerting at first, but quickly got used to it. This is a genuine page turner of a story with some very real social issues at the heart of it, not least racism and prejudice. It's the sort of story I can imagine stirred up some 'middle' Americans (I loved the whole thing about the baby dolls). It's really well-written, the characters are three-dimensional, and of course we all relate to Mia and hate Elena - well sort of. I raced through it, and only when I got to the end did I start to fret at some of the plot holes and the issues with the motivation of some of the characters - what on earth was Mr Richardson doing for most of the book, for example. This is a woman's story, so the male characters are a little less well-drawn and a little more plot-creations, but I don't have an issue with that. Thoroughly enjoyable and just the sort of read I needed at the moment. I don't think it would stand up to a second reading, but instead I am launching into the author's earlier book.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0349142920 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 122,886 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 277 in Adoption (Books) 381 in Women's Literary Fiction (Books) 732 in Cultural Heritage Fiction |
| Customer reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (181,528) |
| Dimensions  | 13.1 x 2.5 x 20 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 9780349142920 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0349142920 |
| Item weight  | 328 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 400 pages |
| Publication date  | 5 April 2018 |
| Publisher  | Abacus |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommended, beautifully written and thought-provoking
*by E***E on 25 November 2017*

This is a really seductive read. The novel opens at the end, and we learn that Isabelle (Izzy) Richardson has burned down the family home in the upmarket Shaker Heights area of Cleveland. Set in the 1990s when Bill Clinton is president, the story focuses on the Richardson family and their perfect, meticulously planned lives (much like Shaker Heights itself with its rules about what colour you can paint your home, and about not putting bins on the sidewalk). But even the best laid plans cannot avoid the disruptive influence of outsiders; Mia Warren, a photographic artist arrives with her daughter, Pearl, and, renting a duplex from the Richardsons, soon becomes close to the family. Further uncertainty is created in the community as a result of a controversial inter-racial adoption case which ends up in court. There are lots of layers and the story allows the author to explore attitudes to race, class differences, our attempts to control our lives and the relationships between mothers and children here. The characters were engaging, complex and sympathetically drawn. Even if we didn't like all of them equally, there is a sense that that author wants us to understand them and the choices they make. It's a beautifully written book, easy to read, and gripping, but also thought provoking, leaving an impression on the mind long after the last page has been turned. I will certainly be seeking out Celeste Ng's first novel on the strength of this, her second. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well-written, pacy tale of middle-America
*by M***E on 29 May 2020*

3.5 Stars rounded up. My sister recommended this as something a bit different to help me out my reading slump. I see it's been made into a Netflix series too, and I can understand why, it is a very cinematic book with a fast-paced story and some intriguing characters. So, we have a nice, middle-class Edward Scissorhands-type American town, and into it come Mia and her daughter Pearl, ready to stir things up. We have the Richardson's three teenage children who are, without knowing it, ripe for being stirred up, and we have Elena Richardson, a woman who plays by the rules, but who kind of sort of would have liked to have been a rebel, if you could be a rebel by playing by the rules. And so the fire is lit under all of them. The story unravels at quite a pace, and jumps backwards and forwards in time, with the perspective/point of view jumping about at about the same rate. I found this a little disconcerting at first, but quickly got used to it. This is a genuine page turner of a story with some very real social issues at the heart of it, not least racism and prejudice. It's the sort of story I can imagine stirred up some 'middle' Americans (I loved the whole thing about the baby dolls). It's really well-written, the characters are three-dimensional, and of course we all relate to Mia and hate Elena - well sort of. I raced through it, and only when I got to the end did I start to fret at some of the plot holes and the issues with the motivation of some of the characters - what on earth was Mr Richardson doing for most of the book, for example. This is a woman's story, so the male characters are a little less well-drawn and a little more plot-creations, but I don't have an issue with that. Thoroughly enjoyable and just the sort of read I needed at the moment. I don't think it would stand up to a second reading, but instead I am launching into the author's earlier book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Story! Highly recommend
*by U***S on 29 March 2018*

The book opens with a fire that burnt down the house of Richardson’s, one of the residents of Shaker Heights district. Izzy, the rebel child of the household is nowhere to be found and they guess that she set the house on fire. She lighted up ‘little fires everywhere’ to make sure the house burns down. But, we don’t know if this is true, or why. And the story goes back for us to come back to find out if and why she did it. The novel starts with an intriguing event, that makes you immediately curious about who this ‘Izzy’ is, why on earth she set the house on fire, what hapenned!!! I really like books when the story grips you from the first page, and Celeste Ng did this perfectly. I was hooked from the beginning to end. Second thing that’s really good about the book is the characters. I loved Mia and Izzy. Even now I want to know more, read more, talk more about them. They are interesting and gripping. The way Ng built and revealed the history, their memories, the events affected their characters was very well done. The story evolved into something really emotional and thought-provoking, which I didn’t expect as well. It makes you think about many things at the same time. Dynamics of society, ethics of motherhood, and more. I would highly recommend this book. It’s very rich, enjoyable and gripping.

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