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Elena Ferrante

3.76 AVERAGE

sashosho's review against another edition

5.0

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“How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they're at least fifty. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function. To say: I am your history, you begin from me, listen to me, it could be useful to you.”

lalip's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Complicated, unhinged portrait of motherhood and marriage. Like I looooved that crazy lady - she made so much sense. The thing about how daughters meet their partners and then are like fuck my mom, he “remade me better” - insaaaaane. 

esalley's review against another edition

2.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

barpisreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

getajeevan's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

caraghmaria's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

strawberrycherry's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nnumber9's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gwarren's review against another edition

2.5

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

ejrathke's review against another edition

3.0

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Had high hopes for Ferrante after reading her Neapolitan novels, but I jsut never really loved this. It reminded me of the worst moments of the Neapolitan novels with none of the redeeming aspects.