Little Fires Everywhere on Amazon

[SerenDippitty]

Anybody watching? Well worth checking out.

[AiryFairy1]

In the photo, Izzy was doing “the bird” and was why Elena was slicing her out of the Christmas photo.
And Bill’s CC statement showed the payment of the dinner Elena paid for when she visited her old boyfriend in NYC.
I read the book after watching the show - I enjoyed both but preferred the book as the ending was simpler and made more sense. The tv version ending was all over the place!

[ContessaferJones]

Izzy was giving her shoes the finger, albeit upside down. The credit card flimsy showed a receipt for an expensive dinner in New York with a lot of alcohol - the dinner Elena had with her old boyfriend.

I imagine it would have been hard viewing for an adoptive parent

[cantthinkofannewname]

I've read the book and have nearly finished the series. I have a couple of minor questions. What was Izzy pointing to in her Christmas photo? Something on her shoes?
And what did Bill's credit card flimsy say?
I couldn't see either of them.
I am also an adoptive parent and our DC2's adoption was very on and off partly due to my two DCs birth mum having a new partner and everyone not being sure if he would be the change mum needed. They didn't live with us before the adoption was certain but we knew about them. It would have been very hard to see the DCs birth mum fail again as she had done in the past and went on to do again. But she is still our DCs' mum. It's just that I am too.

[ContessaferJones]

Ooh, just finished this!

I thought the depiction of awkward not-meaning-to-be-racist-but-racist white people was spot on, cringingly so. I didn't like how Elena changed over the later episodes though, I thought she was cartoonishly nasty/cruel and that it was not in keeping with the previous episodes. Mia did seem prickly, to say the least, but maybe that was understandable.

I did really enjoy it all though

[DubaiDublin73]

When I read the book I liked Mia however, I felt like this was lost in the series. I love Kerry Washington but there was too many weird facial expressions. Actually, maybe it’s more about me loving her as Olivia Pope and not being able to differentiate between the characters.

I thought the actresses who played the younger versions of Elena And Mia were amazing particularly Mia.

I was really looking for reward to seeing the completed artworks of each of the Richardson’s that Mia left in the house. So that was disappointing.

Overall, I liked it and I felt incredibly angry at points. Book was better!

[TeaMeBasil]

I think izzie just left didn't she? Ran away.

The scene were she got into Mias car was a dream I think, what she wanted to happen..she definitely wasn't there when they pulled up at the parents house

[Hyperfish101]

Thought it was better than the average Netflix/Prime type of series. Kerry Washington’s acting annoyed me though.

[whiteroom]

Interesting adaptation, gripping, and very relevant given the current social situation.
One thing that annoyed me though; what happened to Izzy? I found her end story most unsatisfactory given she had such a major role in the series.

[areallthenamesusedup]

Not read book but thought series was excellent and I can't imagine the story arc if Perle & Mia were white.

Given all that is being discussed at the moment re BLM: thought it was interesting.

[LizzieMacQueen]

Are we meant to empathise with Mia?

[heynori]

Just finished this and really enjoyed it!!

Hope I'm not breaking any spoiler alert rules but the ending with the baby really bothered me, I have close friends who are adoptive parents so the ending doesn't sit comfortably at all.

[Gatehouse77]

I’ve just finished it and really enjoyed it. I was very impressed with the acting of the young Mia and Elena. I felt they had some great nuances they made them credible as younger versions.

[Nillynally]

I really enjoyed it- both main characters were both quite hateful! Reece Witherspoon is ideal as Elena!
I also liked the change of Mia and Pearl being recast as black women, it definitely adds a different tension- certainly very apt right now.

[Bluemoooon]

Oh, dear, I've missed a major part of the story.
I think I'd have liked it without the race complication. I'm finding it too complicated to follow, so many threads and some become less believable as they move so fast. Also I don't often find 'great party' s or fun disco very convincing on the screen.
Reese W and Joshua Jackson (the Affair) seem to have aged a lot since I last watched them.
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[TheStuffedPenguin]

Very apt currently . I gather that in the book there was no racial difference . Agree with whoever said that Kerry's facial expressions were off putting plus she was a real meanie !

[TheStuffedPenguin]

@Bluemoooon so that she would never be found of course !

[SamSeabornforPresident]

She didn't want to sell the artwork, I'm assuming because a) it was a reminder of Pauline and b) if the surrogacy couple saw it they'd know how far the pregnancy got, and therefore that there was a high chance that she was lying.

[Bluemoooon]

Why did Mia move house all the time. Why did she rent if she had artwork worth so much?

[mum2jakie]

Is this likely to be shown on mainstream TV (including Sky?) Or will it be exclusive to Amazon? Loved Reece Witherspoon in Big Little Lies.

[Veterinari]

Interesting isn't it how we see the characters differently. I saw Elena as calculating, malicious and determined to preserve her facade of 'perfection' even to the extent of dismissing her own daughter's sexuality/mental health. Her determination to destroy Mia was vicious, targeted and personal.

Yes she was unhappy, but most of that unhappiness was of her own making, and she never ever took responsibility for her own choices - she blamed everyone else for the bad things that happened yet continually credited her wealth and privilege on her good choices and hard work. She's a total narcissist and continually tried to weaponise Pearl against Mia.

Elena thought that offering for Mia to be her maid, dismissing her daughter's sexuality with a haircut and a prom dress, and trying to buy May Ling for 10K were 'kind' choices rather than representative of her deeply held racial and class privilege.

I think Elena got everything she deserved

[BarbeDeMaman]

I felt so sorry for Elena. She was doing her best, trying to be a good mother and wife. I thought she got crucified for her efforts and Mia was mean. She had a set against Elena from day 1.

I loved it mind you though I hadn't read the book. I thought Mia's interference in May Ling's situation was awful too, they went right into "take the baby back" immediately and aggressively rather than think of the babys welfare.

All in all Mia came across as angry and bitter. Maybe she had good reason to be but if she hadn't barged through Shaker they would have muddled through their issues without the catastrophe they ended up with. Poor Izzie was the saddest character, and she hadn't any sense so how was she going to cope wherever she ended up? (I may have been over invested in these characters!)

[Veterinari]

The house at the end was Mia's parents house - she'd asked Pearl if she wanted to go to NY ie find her dad and Pearl said no.

Mia did go in in the end too.

I liked that all of the characters were flawed. Elena started off as 'nice' offering them the apartment etc but the way the racism was unpicked and presented was very well done. Mia was prickly and defensive, but kind to the children. I thought her speech to Lexi was good - Lexi could have gone literally anywhere but she used Pearl and Mia because they 'didn't count' and therefore their judgement or otherwise of her choices wouldn't impact her socially.
I thought it was well written and acted and I liked the way all of the threads were brought together

[SamSeabornforPresident]

I thought in the book they were all nicer. Mia was nicer to Lexie, the Richardson kids were nicer to each other, Elena was just generally nicer. And I remember a different resolution with Elena and Izzie?

[EachandEveryone]

The parents im guessing.

[jmh740]

I read the book and finished the series yesterday, it made me mad she made pearl go on the own in the end as a mother wouldnt she have gone with her? I assumed the house was either mias parents or the Ryan's.