2.88k reviews for:

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

3.91 AVERAGE

miraygnr's review against another edition

5.0

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Shes better then me cause i would have killed myself if i had kids like that

sselimovic's review against another edition

3.0

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I was enjoying this book but midway the main character really started to annoy me in a way I have never felt before while reading. The long winded descriptions of confusion in one scene in particular made me so frustrated I wanted to skip entire pages because it was so unnecessary. During this there is a scene with her dog that made me so angry I instantly lost any empathy for this woman.

joe0004's review against another edition

5.0

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Brutally delicious. It has left large dark blotchy bruises all over me, that’ll last for weeks on end.

lely12's review against another edition

5.0

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Brutal es decir poco.
Esto no puede más que representar una realidad muy cercana para la autora.
Es un tema que siento que anda dando vueltas en muchas partes.

oceansunset's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective 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

bookies_withanja's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5✨️

hussy_for_hardbacks's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad

eventhedevilreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookish_tina's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-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

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Whoa. I have so many thoughts about this book, some of which can be found in this post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxllWBeL-TT/.

What I would find really interesting is how different people perceive this book because I feel like how you see it says more about you than the book itself. How would a misogynist read it? A woman* who has internalised sexism but doesn't yet know about it? A feminist woman*, a feminist cis man?

cremefracas's review against another edition

5.0

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This book was so amazing. Anything I say about it can't help but be trite. It was overwhelming and perfect. Read it forever.