Madeline
Little Fires Everywhere starts very surface. It seems as though it would be on the same level as the American Royals series or a lot of my reality shows. It appears that it is designed to delight bored housewives or a women who wants to shut of their brain for a bit but it gets crazy and deep real quick.
The Premise of Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere revolves around two very different families. One, the Richardsons is large and rich and perfect from the outside. The other is a family of two, the Warrens, mother and daughter, who move a lot and frequently live out of their car.
When the Warrens move into the Richardsons’ rental, their lives become interwoven and their differences don’t seem so different anymore. Both have mothers who are dealing with difficult situations to make sure their children become the best they can be. And the love for their children is so strong, they will go through the length of the ocean to make sure they are safe and secure.
What Was In My Head From The Book
I read Little Fires Everywhere over a year prior to seeing the television series. By then, I had a very clear idea about what the houses and the town looked like. What the characters were like. And most importantly, what Mia Warren and Elena Richardson, the mothers, were like.
It was clear to me that the Warrens were not white. That is the first difference that is made evident to the reader and implied that that is the issue in this story. Perhaps it was the Chinese restaurant that Mia worked at or the name of the daughter, Pearl. Or maybe it’s the author’s name, Celeste Ng or that her first book was about an Asian family But I was under the impression that the Warrens were Asian.
As for Elena, she was pretty close to what I had in mind; however, I saw her as a little looser. For example, in the series, Mia uses a measuring cup to measure her exact wine for the night. My book Mia would never do that.
Reese Witherspoon
Anything Reese Witherspoon does, I will watch. And it just so happens to be she has a public book club and has recently converted the books she has read into television series, think Big Little Lies. Next book converted series she does, I’m in! If I haven’t read the book, that book will be next book in line on my reading list.
Final Thoughts
Little Fires Everywhere was thought provoking as both a book and a television series. Although I saw different things in both, both are worth the time to sit down and enjoy.
