When I saw I saw Celeste Ng speak at Greenlight last month, she was insightful and funny - of course - and she told the crowd quite a bit about growing up in Shaker Heights. I was almost finished reading Little Fires Everywhere at the time, but I had no idea she'd actually grown up in such a place. It was a fascinating development for me, and added so much to her depiction of the racial minority characters in her new novel. 
 I told Ng I dunno how she did it, but I enjoyed Little Fires Everywhere even more than Everything I Never Told You. 
 The sheer freaking flow of this prose, y'all - it just poured into me. Ng's new novel is an actual un-put-downable experience. I wanted to learn every detail and every history and, yes, every secret within. And to then combine this strength with genuine, emotional, empathetic character work? Sigh. I really, really enjoyed it. Five strong stars. 
 Thank you again to Riverhead Books for an advance copy way back at The Book Con!