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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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
I’m in love with this story. It evolves with such great richness, enveloping me in its world.
I’ll be thinking about this quote for a long time:
“I understood that I arrived there full of pride and realized that—in good faith, certainly, with affection—I had made that whole journey mainly to show her what she had lost and what I had won. But she had known from the moment I appeared, and now, risking tensions with her workmates, and fines, she was explaining to me that I had won nothing, that in the world there is nothing to win, that her life was full of varied and foolish adventures as much as mine, and that time simply slipped away without any meaning, and it was good just to see each other every so often to hear the mad sound of the brain of one echo in the mad sound of the brain of the other.”
I’ll be thinking about this quote for a long time:
“I understood that I arrived there full of pride and realized that—in good faith, certainly, with affection—I had made that whole journey mainly to show her what she had lost and what I had won. But she had known from the moment I appeared, and now, risking tensions with her workmates, and fines, she was explaining to me that I had won nothing, that in the world there is nothing to win, that her life was full of varied and foolish adventures as much as mine, and that time simply slipped away without any meaning, and it was good just to see each other every so often to hear the mad sound of the brain of one echo in the mad sound of the brain of the other.”
Reading the Neapolitan Novels feels like coming home after a long day. I haven't enjoyed a read as much in a very long time.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
Really loving this series and cannot wait to jump into he next book!
As Lila finds herself entrapped in an unhappy marriage, she becomes a discordant, idiosyncratic and demanding force in their hometown, pulling Lenù into shattering conflicts and increasingly rare endearing moments as she navigates higher education and the prospects of adult love. Their friendships and personalities intensify and come at odds as the responsibilities of adulthood diverge and restrict. Early passions and dynamics serve as moments of contention. Ferrante writes about the friction youthful flames face in the transition to the bleak permanence of adulthood with such raw realism and colour that the characters' passions and desires move the page by themselves. Lila's obstinance paints her an enemy of many and Lenù's insecurity sends her up the rungs of society, this first sequel darkens the error-friendly playfulness of the debut, and branches it out of the insularity of Naples to increasing systems of class divide.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The chapters are so short, you can’t put it down. Very interesting social commentary about gender roles and the relationship between the far right and poverty. The perspective of being to educated to fit in at home but being not educated and too poor to fit in elsewhere was really interesting. This book really highlighted the advantages of being born into an educated family and the automatic boost that gives you.