Little Fires Everywhere

OK for starters I couldn't put this down and I stayed up too late to finish it, so that's always something! And I loved all of the characters, and I think it highlights a lot of class/race issues in a subtle/approachable way–great for book clubs probably.But...I could NOT get over the part where Elena visits her friend at the abortion clinic? And the friend is like "no, I've decided not to even let you glimpse at the abortion records! However I will leave you alone in my office for 10 minutes while I deal with this situation." Like girl what did you think was going to happen. Why was your computer unlocked. It would have been much easier for me to digest if the friend had been like "you're right old friend, I do owe you, here you go." But with her having the change of heart and deciding not to--from HER POV too so it's clear that she did not think that Elena would go through her files?? Even though she literally just asked you for them 30 seconds ago? And for the rest of the plot to hinge so heavily on that... .... dumb. Anyway I'll still watch the TV show though.Actually you know this kind of reminded me of [b:I Know This Much Is True 227711 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1373532198l/227711.SY75.jpg 1191096], which I also read in order to prepare for watching the prestige TV version–they're both kind of soap operatic, off the rails stories of suburbia. But my main complaint about IKTMIT is that the narrator was so off-putting, whereas here I really did root for all of the characters (even Elena, to a moderate extent.) I was going to give this 3 stars but that's how many I gave to IKTMIT and I definitely liked this a lot more than that, so I'll round up to 4.