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The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

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gabbyhm's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

3.5

juliamikhno's review against another edition

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3.0

3 ⭐️ reading this series of novels feels somewhat like watching a teen drama tv show like gossip girl. the plot is a huge engrossing web, there is so much going on at all times, the interpersonal relationships are incredibly complicated and you won’t be able to like or root for a certain character for more than two chapters in a row. at times it’s fun, sometimes you’re just frustrated because everyone is being nasty to each other 85% of the book. the characters’ actions definitely evoke that “oh no don’t go into this scary dark basement” feeling you get while watching a horror movie. all that being said, i need to find out what happens next. honestly have mixed feelings about this series because i don’t Love the writing or any of the characters, but i am so invested in the plot at this point that i can’t abandon the series.

areensipan's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

musfirah__'s review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

winterrainreads's review

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challenging reflective slow-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

3.5

eloisedalpe's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense 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

Ok ce livre était un sacré voyage. Il s’est passé tellement de choses et on voit tout les personnages grandir et évoluer si rapidement. J’aurais jamais pu deviner la vie de qui irait dans quelle direction. La vie des personnages continue de s’entrecroiser et de se distancer, ce qui était vraiment hot à suivre.

Quelques notes prises lors de mon écoute:

Pas LES souliers esti
Je déteste Stefano
Antonio et le service militaire qui mange de la terre quand il reçoit sa lettre jpp
Antonio est possessif bruv
Nino pls
Lila is such a queen
LA BLONDE DE NINO FILLE DE MME GALIANI OMG
Pinuccia doing the right thing, you go girl
Lila et Nino noooooooon
Lila qui cheat sans aucune gêne ew
Lenu qui veut qu’un accident lui arrive pour pas faire face à la merde qu’elle a créé, mood
Tu fuck up ma fille, lâche Donnato bruh
ARK GIRL YOU DID NOT
Stp va à l’uni Lenu
Lâche Nino putain tu vois pas que c’est un lourdeau
Lenu qui a une bourse QUEEN
Lila enceinte de Nino HUH
Stefano et Ada pfff
Pietroooo
Enzo c’est le goat
Un livre?? Oh this is so good
Nino le comeback ça suffit