Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | Little Fires Everywhere |
| author | Celeste Ng |
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| ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-14292-0 |
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| date | 2018-Nov-03 |
What happens, when a stranger, living by somewhat different believes, comes to a community which strictly functions by adhering to rule-based planning? Especially if the stranger is an avid observer of people and very sensitive to what is going on all around? Mia is an artist and such a person. Mia and her daughter Pearl come to Shaker Heights to stay only for a while. But then they decide do to stay for good and especially Pearl gets more involved with the Richardsons, some 'Shaker Heights natives'. Everything goes well until, one day, some happening brings a lot of commotion into the local community.
The book describes the life of some people and after one third of the book, it finally sprinkles the descriptions and uneventful flow of life with some happenings. But even then, it is much stronger on the descriptive side than on the happening side. There are passages where I felt like a sentence or thought is started and an intermediate block tucked in the middle of it before ending it. Only that the intermediate block was several pages long, telling half a life story. This style does not make the book hard to read, it is still easy to understand and follow. But if you prefer a more straight forward, linear style to these roundabout ways, it can be slightly annoying at times.
