Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0735224307 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Lamilla of Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on 8/12/2018
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12 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Lamilla from Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on Sunday, August 12, 2018
Paperback, like new.

The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.

Journal Entry 2 by Lamilla at Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on Sunday, August 12, 2018
Reserved for a ray
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journal on receiving
read in 5-6 weeks' time
contact the person next to you for the address
send further


Travelling order:
1. Icila (France) - done
2. Delphi_Reader (Greece) - done
3. kiki66 (Germany) - done
4. penelopewanders (Switzerland) - done
5. iiwi (NL) - done
6. Femke85 (Sweden) - done
7. Lizzy-stardust (UK) - UK/EU - done
8. lamelemon (Romania) - done
9. mcsar (Canada) - done
10. FeistyPom2Love (USA) - asked to be skipped
11. missprisy (USA) - done
12. CanticleLost (USA) - intl', here
13 ...

Journal Entry 3 by Lamilla at Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Is going to Icila next

Journal Entry 4 by Lamilla at Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (8/22/2018 UTC) at Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus

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You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!

Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть к Вам, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в Вашем лице.

Journal Entry 5 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Tuesday, August 28, 2018
This beautiful book is now in Brittany. Thank you Lamilla !
Beautiful stamps and real postmark : a little pleasure.

Journal Entry 6 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Sunday, September 9, 2018
A story which stays with you. Not so easy to plane rightly with your family.
Thank you for sharing Lamilla.

Journal Entry 7 by wingIcilawing at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France on Monday, September 10, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (9/10/2018 UTC) at Nantes, Pays de la Loire France

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In the mail to Delphi-Reader, enjoy !

Journal Entry 8 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Delphi - Δελφοί , Fokida Greece on Tuesday, September 18, 2018
"Little Fires Everywhere" arrived in Delphi yesterday. Thank you Lamilla and Icila! There are a couple of other book rays to be read before this, but it won't take long (I hope) before I get into this. It sounds very interesting!

Journal Entry 9 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Delphi - Δελφοί , Fokida Greece on Saturday, September 29, 2018
I can see why some people may love this book, but...
I finally finished "Little Fires Everywhere" today and I'm in two minds about it. Did I like it? Did I not? To be honest, I found the book a chore to read till more than 200 pages through. Nothing much happening and nothing too original here and life at Shaker Heights seemed very boring to me. Richardsons' family appear too trite and dull and stereotypical while the "wild" character, Mia, was very cliché too.

Throughout the book the characters and events didn't feel very real to me, but at least after the 200-250th page or so -so after one has read half the novel-, developments start to speed up a bit and things to happen. I found many plot twists very far-fetched and I couldn't shake the feeling that the author was trying hard to make some points and pose some dilemmas, but at least I found my self interested on Mia's past and on where the current developments will lead.

Well, the reader knows where the events will lead from the opening scene of the book, but I thought the author would expand this scene further and wrap up some of the plot elements. This didn't really happen and unless Celeste Ng plans to write a sequel, I thought the end of the book wasn't very satisfactory.

The narration at times felt a bit weird, swifting points of view, getting perspective of one character who then fades on the background, then
getting perspective from another one to soon be forgotten and pass on to someone else till many chapters latter say the first character will make a come back on the scene...

Albeit its unbelievable characters, cliché themes and abrupt end, I would have rate this book much higher and would have enjoy it more, if the whole novel was confined on the second half. As it is now, I think I wouldn't rate it more than a bit over 6 out of 10. Of course the "a bit over" counts in favor of the author : )

Journal Entry 10 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Monday, October 1, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/2/2018 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada

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The book is now on its way to Germany.

Enjoy kiki66!

Journal Entry 11 by wingkiki66wing at Gauting, Bayern Germany on Saturday, October 6, 2018
and here it is :-)
ευχαριστώ Delphi_Reader - also for the nice Greek bookmark!

I have two books to read but nearly finished the first one, so it shouldn't take too long..

Journal Entry 12 by wingkiki66wing at Gauting, Bayern Germany on Friday, November 2, 2018
well, I finished this book a few days ago and have the same problems as Delphi_reader had...
Did I like it? or not?
I really liked the opening scene which made me hope for more. But it didn't come.
Mrs Richardson was appalling, the whole life in Shaker boring - reminded me a bit of the movie "Stepford Wifes" .
The way Lexie wasn't bothered with using Pearl's name and discredit her this way..
I felt ever so sorry for Izzy - but I am not happy with the ending either..
So - it took me quite a while to finish this book but now I am done and I will pm penelope whether her address is still the same :-)

Journal Entry 13 by wingkiki66wing at Gauting, Bayern Germany on Saturday, December 1, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/25/2018 UTC) at Gauting, Bayern Germany

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Sent this off to Switzerland a few days ago... hope it will arrive soon!
Might take the slow train over the Alps :-/

Journal Entry 14 by wingpenelopewanderswing at Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
This has arrived in Switzerland, joining the crowd of things to do at this end of year period. I'll try to get to it as soon as possible, but it will have to wait its turn. Thanks so much for making this available and for sending.

Journal Entry 15 by wingpenelopewanderswing at Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Sunday, January 13, 2019
I actually picked this up the previous week, but was not in the right mindset to read it. Because it's here as a ring, I felt compelled to give it a second go, and I'm very glad I did. I found this extremely moving, even if sometimes it seemed to spin out a bit too much in too many directions. At times it felt a bit like a Jodi Picoult novel - especially with the whole part about Bebe, and for some reason Mia and Pearl reminded me of some of Judith Ryan Hendricks' characters (think Isabel's Daughter). Not necessarily the tidiest of tales, but very thought-provoking. The dynamics between the various characters were particularly intriguing. A good read.
I have written for the next address, sorry it took me so long to get to it!

Journal Entry 16 by wingpenelopewanderswing at Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland on Saturday, January 19, 2019

Released 5 yrs ago (1/19/2019 UTC) at Hasliberg, Bern / Berne Switzerland

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This leaves the rather frosty Swiss Alps and heads up to the Netherlands, thanks to a ring. Thanks so much for making this available, and please forgive the delay. May 2019 be a year of wonder and joy, and marvellous stories both on and off the page!

Journal Entry 17 by wingiiwiwing at Zeist, Utrecht Netherlands on Saturday, January 26, 2019
Received today. Thanks for the best wishes and the card in German. It is nice to read some German, I still have the challenge back in my mind to try a novel in German.

Journal Entry 18 by wingiiwiwing at Zeist, Utrecht Netherlands on Saturday, February 16, 2019
The photo's stirred feelings she couldn't quite frame in words, and this, she decided, must mean they were true works of art.

I really loved this book although I also can't frame my feelings in words really.

[Spoilers]

I don't read so many books about families it seems, as it struck me this was so when reading. Well family, it is a book about the relationship between mother and children, as Mia and Bebe are single parents and the Richardsons, although there is a father, he is more or less absent as a character in the story. The one time he is there is when he contemplates he likes Izzy as she is, reminding him of his mother, but then he does not say.
A lot is not said. I think in the end the novel is about keeping secrets, and the consequences of it. Mia keeps Pearls heritage a secret, Moody does not tell his crush on Pearl to her, Mrs Richardson does not tell Izzy what happened in her early days as a baby, Trip does not tell his brother that he wants a better relationship with him and Lexie conceals her pregnancy and abortion. These darker secrets catapult the actions of everyone, without them really recognizing this. I loved the fact that for me no character in this novel was really bland or one dimensional (accept the father that is).

Journal Entry 19 by Femke85 at Uppsala, Uppland Sweden on Friday, March 1, 2019
This book arrived safely in Sweden. Thanks for sharing! I´ll try to read it after I finish my current book, so it gets traveling again soon.

Journal Entry 20 by Femke85 at Uppsala, Uppland Sweden on Monday, March 4, 2019
I absolutely loved this book!

I loved the way the story was built up, starting with a house set on fire presumably by a rebellious daughter and then slowly revealing all the little and big moments that led up to this event. I liked how the narration changed between different characters but kept progressing along the same timeline. The way how all the characters’ storylines were so intertwined and so many little things happened to lead to this one big fire (well actually, several little fires everywhere, as the title suggest). Such a great book!

Journal Entry 21 by Femke85 at Uppsala, Uppland Sweden on Saturday, March 9, 2019

Released 5 yrs ago (3/9/2019 UTC) at Uppsala, Uppland Sweden

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Travelling to the next participant of the bookray!

I always try to post my controlled releases with real stamps. If you are not a collector yourself, you might want to check out this post on the forum about a stamps sweeps that I’m currently organising or this one about Bookcrossers who collect stamps. A lot of Bookcrossers collect stamps for charity, so it’s nice to find them a good home!

Journal Entry 22 by Lizzy-stardust at Salford, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Saturday, March 16, 2019
Received in today's post. What a pleasant surprise!

Journal Entry 23 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Monday, April 22, 2019
Safely received with thanks :)
Aiming to finish it by May 5th.

Journal Entry 24 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Wednesday, May 8, 2019
I am really glad I read this book. I rarely encounter a work of fiction where nobody is right and nobody is wrong. This was mostly for me an exercise of empathy, a short visit to a world where people are allowed to make mistakes and where they actually learn to live with them. There is no right answer and there is no recipe for success. Kindness trumps all. Sure, lots of things felt a bit convoluted, notably the single victim of the toothpick prank. But I had a good spell reading it anyway.

Soon to be shipped off to mcsar.
Thank you for sharing, and wishing you the happiest of birthdays :)

Journal Entry 25 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Sunday, May 19, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (5/19/2019 UTC) at București, Wallachia Romania

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Finally dropping in the box this afternoon, sorry for the delay. We had a very rainy week and I was a bit reluctant to post anything right now.
Thank you for sharing, I am glad I was a part of this book's journey!
Enjoy!

Journal Entry 26 by mcsar at Richmond, British Columbia Canada on Friday, May 31, 2019
The book arrived in Canada. Thanks for sending. I'll start reading soon and get the bookray going again soon.

Journal Entry 27 by mcsar at Richmond, British Columbia Canada on Friday, June 14, 2019
I really enjoyed the book. The opening chapter was great, then the book did slow a bit, but the plot caught up and kept my attention. I agree with lamelemon that in this story no one is right and no one is wrong and I really like this about the book. This is one of those stories that will stay with me and keep me thinking. Thanks for sharing the book.

*FeistyPom2Love asked to be skipped. The book will be posted to missprisy when I receive her address.

Journal Entry 28 by mcsar at Next Reader, Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, June 22, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (6/22/2019 UTC) at Next Reader, Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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On its way to missprisy. Happy reading!

Journal Entry 29 by missprisy at Edmond, Oklahoma USA on Saturday, June 29, 2019
Received today, needed a new book so will start reading right away.

Journal Entry 30 by missprisy at Edmond, Oklahoma USA on Thursday, July 18, 2019
Enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing.

Released 4 yrs ago (7/22/2019 UTC) at to fellow bookcrosser, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed to CanticleLost to continue the book ray. Enjoy.

Journal Entry 32 by CanticleLost at Clearwater, Florida USA on Sunday, July 28, 2019
This has reached me! Looks great!

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