{"id":2868,"date":"2018-01-26T23:20:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T23:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2018-01-26T23:20:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T23:20:47","slug":"little-fires-everywhere-celeste-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/little-fires-everywhere-celeste-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Little Fires Everywhere<\/em> by Celeste Ng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34273236-little-fires-everywhere\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Little Fires Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1490351351m\/34273236.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34273236-little-fires-everywhere\">Little Fires Everywhere<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/164692.Celeste_Ng\">Celeste Ng<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2273350817\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ng has written with insight and compassion about teenage angst (and lust), about the artist&#8217;s unconventional world view and lifestyle, but most importantly about the nature of motherhood. The plot revolves largely around issues of adoption, surrogate mothering, child abandonment, and how parents can be blind about their own children due to their bias (which we call love). I thought the trial story line handled these issues in a fair and balanced way. Even so, I can&#8217;t say I found the plot very compelling. There were several times I considered giving up on it out of boredom; I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t, though. It was more plodding than plotting, but if you stick with it, it gives you food for thought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ng has written with insight and compassion about teenage angst (and lust), about the artist&#8217;s unconventional world view and lifestyle, but most importantly about the nature of motherhood. 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