Pearl is finally able to act like a “normal” teenager when she spends time with the Richardson family.How did this shape your opinions of the characters? Do you like that style of writing? Celeste Ng’s writing style includes different perspectives and characters, sometimes on the same page.How do you think the location and the era added more to the story? How would the story be different if it were set in the present day? There are two important settings: Shaker Heights and the ’90s era. Book Club Questions for Little Fires Everywhere Since then, the Hulu version starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington has aired so I updated the questions to include some about the show as well. Update: I first wrote book club questions for Little Fires Everywhere back in 2018. To me, slowly developing the story allows the reader to get the know the location, Shaker Heights, as well as the inner dynamics of all the characters.įor instance, the adoption trial happening later in the novel made that storyline richer because we knew the actions and motivations of the main characters from earlier chapters.īTW, in this article on The Guardian, Celeste Ng goes into detail about growing up in Shaker Heights, giving more context to the setting and why she wrote the book. Some say they ‘couldn’t get into the book.’ But the book started with a literal fire so you know it’s leading up to something big.
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