Little Fires Everywhere

I was really expecting to love this book. But I was incredibly frustrated and disappointed by it. I will write a fuller review in the days to come. But in the meantime I should note that this is probably more of a 3.5 star book, though I'm putting it lower than that to try and correct for all of the over the top and, in my opinion, undeserved fawning this book has received. The characters are flat and run together, the plot is over-sentimentalized and forced, and, perhaps worst of all, even though the book is obviously a trying to give agency and voice to characters of color, it robs those characters of their complexity, ultimately robbing them of the dignity they deserve.

Anyway, this was such a frustrating book, especially in its latter half. Again, I will be writing a much longer review in the next several days to explain this more fully. But suffice it to say, the book does not meet the hype.