Or, perhaps, to tend to it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never – could never – set anything ablaze. Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly, a breeze could carry embers for miles. It scaled walls and jumped over trenches. “All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. The writing powerfully transported you into its own world, whereas allowing you to construct vivid visuals in your imagination. It was well written & well edited (on the contrary to “ Behind Closed Doors” which I read just before & where I kept on stumbling over errors upon errors -_-), the story drew you in completely & you wanted to find out how it ended as quickly as possible. It’s all you could wish for from a captivating piece of fiction. Diving into my first Celeste Ng book, I luckily wasn’t disappointed! I devoured up “Little Fires Everywhere” in just about a day & a half & I now completely understand why Reese Witherspoon jumped on the opportunity of getting the rights to film a series based on this book.
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