2.89k reviews for:

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

3.91 AVERAGE

ngdrc's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

paramrb's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

emmanicoleman's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

gielle's review against another edition

5.0

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I cried. I freaking cried at the end.

glett's review against another edition

4.0

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Elena really went TF off … it was great

lukija's review against another edition

5.0

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Elena Ferrante: Hylkäämisen päivät (2002 I giorni dell'abbandono) (suom. Taru Nyström Abeille, 2004 Avain) / Upeasti kirjoitettu! Luin melkein yhdeltä istumalta. Tätä tapahtuu usein silloin, kun *on pakko* tietää mitä tapahtuu seuraavaksi. Nyt halusin tietää mitä päähenkilö ajattelee seuraavaksi!/ Alle 40-vuotias nainen jää yksin kahden lapsen ja koiran kanssa miehen lähdettyä yhteisestä kodista elääkseen hyvin nuoren naisen kanssa. Tulkitsin tarinan naisen suruprosessina (epäuskosta ja vihasta romahtamisen kautta tyhjyyteen ja paluuseen näkemään asiat ja itsensä uusin silmin). / Aihe ei itseäni kiinnostanut erityisesti, ja ajattelin, että petettyjen naisten tarinoita on jo riittämiin maailman kirjallisuudessa ja muussa taiteessa, joten mitä uutta tämä voi tuoda? Ja silti kirja vain vei mennessään, sillä se on upeasti kirjoitettu. Päähenkilön tunteet, kokemukset ja tulkinnat on tuotu esille säälimättä ja harvinaisen selkeästi sortumatta paatokseen, surkutteluun tai moralisointeihin.

sinnie's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective tense 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

marikartgoat's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad slow-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

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This is the second Ferrante novel I’ve read, the first being the Lost Daughter. So I knew what to expect- the gentle, angry insanity of older womanhood- a  personal, emotional confrontation with my future. I honestly don’t have much to say past that, and not in a bad way. I love her narrators’ reminiscence, she delivers a great interior, but combined with my recent Miaojin kick it was a bit tough to really find novel things to latch onto. It was beautiful, it’s a brilliant work, I’m just not in a place to be shocked by it right now. It took me a full week to write this review, and not to digest it.

leevo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

drourick's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes