Review: Feel like the world’s going up in flames? You’ll love ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
LA TimesEngaging melodrama and stumbling social commentary meet in “Little Fires Everywhere,” Hulu’s eight-part adaptation of Celeste Ng’s bestselling 2017 novel of the same name, which opens with a well-to-do woman watching in disbelief as her suburban McMansion burns down. Casual quarantine viewing wasn’t likely the goal of “Little Fires Everywhere,” but it hits that middling mark and arrives at the opportune time for content-hungry shut-ins. Adapted for television by Liz Tigelaar, “Little Fires Everywhere” is reportedly faithful to the spirit of the book — co-producer Ng consulted on the scripts for the hour-long episodes — but heightens the importance of race in the narrative, particularly regarding Mia, whose race isn’t marked in the novel. That they’ll love you at all.” “Little Fires Everywhere” is not a searing masterpiece nor a flaming disaster.
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