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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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
I'm working on reading some of the NYT best 100 books of the 21st century! And I took a class on Ferrante so figured I'd start here. This was a very well-written book obviously. I think I would've related to it more if I was also a depressed single mother but we really just wallowed in that depression/mania for a long long time here
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Abandonment
another one that i read in a day. as millions of mentioned, pairs well with domenico stranone's ties, but the anger of this one and the despair is more palpable than in ties, thought the subject matter is almost exactly the same. when you read this book, it feels as though you become olga herself, lost in her anger, her selflessness and selfishness, her indifference towards her children and anyone else who crosses their path., and the static of the telephone manages to be not to heavy handed a metaphor because of how much isolation you feel as you read this book. a review i read compared it to medea, and i actually think that would be a very interesting pairing, euripedes' medea and this book. wish i did that in high school when we read medea
To be fair, I would also lose my mind if this happened to me.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes