Little fires everywhere *spoiler alert* title edited by MNHQ

[WantToLeaveButItsHard]

Anybody watched this on Prime?

I loved this! I haven't read the book admittedly but as a stand alone tv series I thought it was brilliant.

Lots of strong feelings about who May Ling should live with too.
I'm glad Bebe took her, I can imagine now that they have a lovely life together.

...Strong feelings both ways I should add.

Hi all. I'm about half way through and really enjoying it. I haven't read the book, and to those who said, they didn't see Kerry Washington in the role of Mia, who did you imagine playing her?

No I think KW is right in the role, its just the way they've changed the role. She was like a really subtle observer who could see through them all, but they've made her more of an antagonist, if that makes sense?

Just finished watching it and I read the book.In the book did Mia leave something symbolic to some of the characters. It's a while since I've read the book and I've forgotten some of it.
Whose car did Izzy get in at the end

Didn’t she make some sort of art for each family member? Something very personal to them? It was quite touching and didn’t match up at all to the angry, resentful Mia portrayed in the tv show.

Yes that's what I thought couldn't understand the significance of the town made out of flour.

Like I said up thread it was a Family Portrait of all of them showing their true selves and only Izzy came out of it well

The Flour Town made no sense whatsoever, except in the book, Izzy was represented as a caged bird and they somewhat referenced that.

Mia and Izzy had the conversation about the scorched earth and starting over again.In the book Izzy started the fire and this related to her conversation with Mia,so having all the other children start the fire didn't really fit in as well.
I still enjoyed the series but I'm glad I'd read the book first.

Just finished - whose house did they go to at the end? I was assuming grandparent or father.. I'm worried about who Izzy was with at the end, she was very young (am aware not a real person!)

They went to see Mia's parents at the end, so Pearl could meet family.

I only finished the book a few weeks ago and loved it. I saw a clip of the TV adaptation on Gogglebox and that was enough to put me off - KW is not at all how I would have imagined Mia

I loved the book but the TV series didn’t quite live up to it

Mia’s character is so much gentler and subtle in the book

I binged it over 3 nights and just finished. Thought it was compelling enough to keep watching, but the ending really fell flat. So unbelievable, rushed and it just made me feel fed up with all the characters.

There were some good elements throughout that I enjoyed, the ep where they showed the young Mia and Elena's stories was really great I thought. Loved the back stories and the 2 young actresses did an impressive job. I also liked that the adoption subplot was evenly handled, it wasn't easy to side with one side or the other.

What bothered me a lot was all the superficial, faux profound literary stuff. The caged bird and feather, Mia's story about the scorched earth, Mia's monologue about 'parts we're hiding' at the bookclub scene (in fact that whole scene was cringe), are we supposed to find this all very profound and moving? It felt like very amateur writing.

I loved it (not read the book) but felt so disappointed with the ending... as a stand alone work of fiction I thought it would have some closure, but they seem to be leaving a lot of loose ends in case of a second series! This happens with SO many drama series now and it's so annoying!

Can anyone who has read the book tell me where Izzy was travelling to? Does the book give any indication of what her next move is?

Interesting that the art Mia creates at the end is so different to the book. My immediate thought when we are shown the installation is a rather obvious and clumsy reference to Maya Angelou's, 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'... it's what I said straight away to my partner when it appeared.

If in the book Mia and Pearl are not black, how did the appropriation of Pearl's letter about discrimination work? Was it even in the book?

What bothered me a lot was all the superficial, faux profound literary stuff. The caged bird and feather, Mia's story about the scorched earth, Mia's monologue about 'parts we're hiding' at the bookclub scene (in fact that whole scene was cringe), are we supposed to find this all very profound and moving? It felt like very amateur writing.

You've articulated exactly what I thought! I had a rant to DP about this and he said he liked the monologues

I finished this series last night and really enjoyed it.

I have not read the book and it is interesting to read that the character of Mia is different in the book. I really didn't like her in the show, she was so angry about everything and had a massive chip on her shoulder, even before she got to know the other characters. I also don't understand why she and Pearl had to move around so much. Pearl father had no reason to be looking for her and once she was away from New York he would never have found her anyway.

I think Izzy was on a bus at the end, but I don't think she took any money with her. It was very sad though, I wanted a happy ending for her.

I started watching this a couple of days ago and I feel a bit weird about it. I haven’t read the book but in the TV show - are we supposed to think that Mia=black=good and Elena=white=bad? I feel like it was made to be viewed very much through the lens of all the white privilege discussion that is happening right now. But I actually thought Mia came off as a cold and ungrateful bitch whereas Elena was nice if a bit unintentionally condescending. She was trying to be kind and thoughtful in the only way she knew how and Mia just threw it back in her face because she had to make it a race issue. Yes she is vain and materialistic and yes she sometimes says the wrong things but did she deserve for her kids to turn against her and destroy her home? (Just before anybody jumps down my throat, I’m not white myself! )

Admittedly, none of the characters behaved particularly well in regard to the “adoption”.

Thoughts anyone?

I almost gave up on this, but did watch it all. Agree with many comments about KW's acting - found it really off-putting.

I have the book, but havent read it. Felt to me that there were far too many storylines going on at once and they weren't clearly ended.

Did I miss how the baby was abducted and whose car was she in?

Agreed Kerry Washingtons facial expressions are really annoying. But loved this series!

I didn’t like Mia in this. Her and her daughter barely made ends meet and it turns she had a super expensive painting hidden away the whole time