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S'està carregant… Little Fires Everywhere (2017)de Celeste Ng
  
Books Read in 2019 (23) » 18 més Books Read in 2020 (149) Top Five Books of 2018 (130) Books Read in 2018 (363) Books Read in 2017 (616) Five star books (363) GAL Book Club (4) Best of 2017 (5) Facebook list (10) 2010s (23) 2020 (6) SHOULD Read Books! (199) Contemporary Fiction (26) Secrets Books (24) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  BoekenTrol71 | Apr 10, 2021 |  Content Note: abortion, (critical treatment of) racism Plot: Elena Richardson rents a house to Mia Warren and her teenage daughter Pearl. Mia is an artist and she and Pearl have always moved around a lot. The Richardsons – mother, father, four children around Pearl’s age – live the compelte opposite life and Pearl is fascinated with them. Both Mia and Pearl quickly become more than just tenants. All of their relationships are put to the test, though, when friends of the Richardsons want to adopt an Chinese-American baby and Mia tries to help the biological mother keep it. Little Fires Everywhere is wonderfully observed, realistic and well-written novel that maybe didn’t touch me quite as much as Everything I Never Told You, but I still loved it a whole lot. Read more on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2019/05/30/little-fires-everywhere-celeste-ng/ (  ) kalafudra | Apr 8, 2021 | In eine spießige Vorstadtsiedlung zieht eines Tages die Künstlerin Mia Warren mit ihrer Tochter Pearl. Nach einer anfänglichen Annäherung fühlt sich ihre Vermieterin Elena Richardson mehr und mehr bedroht oder in Frage gestellt durch die reine Existenz dieser so anderen Lebensweise. Sie beginnt in der Vergangenheit der Künstlerin herumzuschnüffeln. Was sie ans Licht bringt, angereichert durch falsche Interpretationen, schadet zwar Mia und Pearl, mehr aber noch Elena selbst und dem Verhältnis zu ihrer jüngsten Tochter Izzy. Gut und Böse in diesem Buch sind klar. Der goldene Käfig der Vorstadtexistenz wird in Frage gestellt und letztendlich zertrümmert - oder angezündet, wenn man das Bild des Romans beibehalten möchte. (  ) Wassilissa | Apr 6, 2021 | In this book, and in her previous novel (Everything I Never Told You), Ms. Ng tackles serious issues through her characters -- and does it very well. I like the way she doesn't take sides on the issues; I wouldn't presume to know which of her characters' choices she agreed with. She lets her characters speak and her readers decide. This book has strong themes of motherhood -- what makes a good mother? When the book ended, I had a strong sense that the story wasn't over -- and that's a good thing. The characters were so real that they live on. ( ) LynnB | Mar 24, 2021 | Wow. Sometimes it seems that the books that get all the hype are the ones that I just cannot get into-But not this one. I actually started stopped a few books before hitting this one because I just could not get into them. Maybe it was timing and I’ll try them again. I wasn’t sure at first about this one, but by the second chapter I was hooked. I think the writing and the characters are pretty brilliant. Definitely a book to expect the unexpected and that’s not always a bad thing. (  ) purple_pisces22 | Mar 14, 2021 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope ..."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times -bestselling author of Small Great Things and Leaving Time In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood - and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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And I did. From the first scenes to the very last pages. It got me wondering why a teenager would Set fire to her home. And from there, through a web woven by the different story lines, I learned about all the characters that played a role in the book. The more I learned, the more my like/dislike of certain characters grew.
It will take some time before the thoughts that were raised by this book will have been thought through, before it gets it final spot in my mind/memory/ list of books. (