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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Non il mio libro preferito della Ferrante anche se nella trilogia dei suoi libri precedenti all'amica geniale, rimane per ora - devo leggere 'L'amore molesto' - il migliore; ho adorato l'intera female rage espressa molto bene nell'audiobook, anche se a tratti in maniera eccessivamente volgare (ma in fondo, se Elena Ferrante non ti fa odiare un po' la carnalità, non è Elena Ferrante).
Decisamente un'esperienza interessante e raccapricciante, e per quanto il tema non sia nuovo nella scrittura della Ferrante, non manca di nuovi punti di vista e angoli di osservazione.
Decisamente un'esperienza interessante e raccapricciante, e per quanto il tema non sia nuovo nella scrittura della Ferrante, non manca di nuovi punti di vista e angoli di osservazione.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
excellent writing. what a depiction of being a woman. it made me feel anxious and disorganized, just like olga was feeling. the poverella story and how she was everything olga didn’t want to be… jesus
i will think about this book for a long long time, just amazing.
i will think about this book for a long long time, just amazing.
Wow, wow, and wow! Read this book in one day, and it is stunning. Elena Ferrante is the author of the century. I feel like going on some sort of pilgrimage to Italy to discover who she is and to thank her for writing so honestly about women's lives, loves, and despairs. She's amazing, and so is this book.
emotional
medium-paced
you know when sometimes you feel just utterly insane, like you’re losing your grip? olga gets me.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
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:
Complicated
I just finished the audio edition and my head is whirling. There's a part of me that wants to call this brilliant and another that wants to scream in frustration. I am not Olga; or at least I don't think I could be. I don't know what it would be like to deal with children while their father decides to leave for a younger woman, putting his needs before his family, annoyed when the mother of his children demands equality and support. I don't know what state I would be in if my Husband choose to leave and never look back. I would like to think that I wouldn't enter the depressive state that Olga finds herself but I don't know and that's the scary thing about this book.
This could be considered a horror story for women. What do we become when we are abandoned by our loves and the world that follows afterwards? I would like to think that I could push past expectations and go beyond the archetype of what we perceive woman should react, but would I? Would I really?
I appreciate Ferrante's honesty about life and children. This was a rough audio but worth it in the end.
This could be considered a horror story for women. What do we become when we are abandoned by our loves and the world that follows afterwards? I would like to think that I could push past expectations and go beyond the archetype of what we perceive woman should react, but would I? Would I really?
I appreciate Ferrante's honesty about life and children. This was a rough audio but worth it in the end.