Reviews

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

willablaise's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

wayka's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alicebme's review

4.0

Delicious. Being bedridden for a few days has gifted this bright spot.

dana_sg's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

yelafeld's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gwenbankmann's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

leticiamacedo's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

iriidescent's review

4.0

This book made me so sad. And furious at the same time. I understand why it ended the way it did, but I still have quite a few questions left unanswered. With a series such as this, it is possible to miss some of the subtleties, but I don't know whether I'd put myself through re-reading it again.

mars555's review

5.0

"Aunt Lina said that spirits existed, but not in places, or in the alleys, or near the ancient gates of the Vasto. They existed in people's ears, in the eyes when the eyes looked inside and not out, in the voice as soon as it begins to speak, in the head when it thinks, because words are full of ghosts but so are images."

mandibibbs37's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0