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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very well written with beautiful lyricism - envelopes you into the hot sticky Italian summer and the desperation felt by the main characters. Brutally honest. However I didn't particularly LIKE any of the characters
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
I did not like this! Perhaps Ferrante and I just don't get along, I didn't like the beloved "my brilliant friend" either. Every time I was intrigued and interested in this plot, there was some unnecessary, cringe, "c0ck sucking" line that ruined the vibe. Elena, you can't keep having these cool vintage book covers if you're gonna be writing slop. It's a trap.
overall enjoyed
a lot of good quotes and engaging, however nearish the end it did get slightly annoyingly repetitive, however that was kind of the point and contextually made sense
i liked how effective the writing was in making me feel olga’s emotions throughout the novel, and sense of entrapment/suffocation at certain parts of the story
a really interesting look into the character’s psyche and a great intro to elena ferrante’s writing, def interested to read more by her after reading this
a lot of good quotes and engaging, however nearish the end it did get slightly annoyingly repetitive, however that was kind of the point and contextually made sense
i liked how effective the writing was in making me feel olga’s emotions throughout the novel, and sense of entrapment/suffocation at certain parts of the story
a really interesting look into the character’s psyche and a great intro to elena ferrante’s writing, def interested to read more by her after reading this
I don’t know how to rate this right now. I loved it at first, but something happens that I hate… then it made it hard to like it much after. Would have been a 4…not sure if I need to take it to a 3 or not.