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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Un libro con una historia poco emocionante y un poco lenta, pero el vocabulario y las descripciones hace que te sientas presente en la historia al lado de la protagonista que explica la historia en primera persona muy bien.
"Le amavo troppo e mi pareva che l’amore per loro mi impedisse di diventare me stessa."
Questo è il primo libro di Elena Ferrante che leggo dopo L'amica geniale e anche questa volta la capacità dell'autrice di raccontare le donne in tutte le loro forme ed esperienze mi ha lasciato senza parole. Se gli esseri umani sono contraddittori per natura, la vita delle donne sotto questo sistema eterosessista e patriarcale raggiunge dei livelli che nessun uomo potrà mai conoscere o comprendere. La complessità dell'essere madri, ma al contempo figlie, amanti, lavoratrici, insomma le donne non possono essere nulla se non viene apposto a loro un altro appellativo. Ed ecco qui che diventa quasi impossibile conoscersi, capirsi, sia in relazione a noi stesse che alle altre donne. Le donne nella loro infinita complessità che non trova risoluzione; le donne che si osservano le une con le altre pensando che le altre siano migliori in tutto, madri perfette, figlie esemplari, amanti dedite. Ma non siamo altro che copie imperfette le une delle altre. Che paura una donna che ama tutte le sue imperfezioni e contraddizioni e per questo ama anche le altre donne per come sono, quanto spaventa la sorellanza e la comprensione tra di noi. Grazie anche questa volta alle parole di Elena Ferrante, al riconoscimento di se stessa, della propria identità, che ogni donna non può che vivere leggendola.
Questo è il primo libro di Elena Ferrante che leggo dopo L'amica geniale e anche questa volta la capacità dell'autrice di raccontare le donne in tutte le loro forme ed esperienze mi ha lasciato senza parole. Se gli esseri umani sono contraddittori per natura, la vita delle donne sotto questo sistema eterosessista e patriarcale raggiunge dei livelli che nessun uomo potrà mai conoscere o comprendere. La complessità dell'essere madri, ma al contempo figlie, amanti, lavoratrici, insomma le donne non possono essere nulla se non viene apposto a loro un altro appellativo. Ed ecco qui che diventa quasi impossibile conoscersi, capirsi, sia in relazione a noi stesse che alle altre donne. Le donne nella loro infinita complessità che non trova risoluzione; le donne che si osservano le une con le altre pensando che le altre siano migliori in tutto, madri perfette, figlie esemplari, amanti dedite. Ma non siamo altro che copie imperfette le une delle altre. Che paura una donna che ama tutte le sue imperfezioni e contraddizioni e per questo ama anche le altre donne per come sono, quanto spaventa la sorellanza e la comprensione tra di noi. Grazie anche questa volta alle parole di Elena Ferrante, al riconoscimento di se stessa, della propria identità, che ogni donna non può che vivere leggendola.
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i read this for the first time 2 years ago. it was actually the first book that i read from ferrante. even though (back then) i didn’t fully get the whole point of the story, i still loved her writing style. i gave it 3 ⭐️ and now after reading it again, im bumping it up to 4 ⭐️.
2 years later, i do get the point of this story. i have so much sympathy for the main character. ferrante explored the complexities of motherhood (especially the “darker” sides of it) with so much maturity and depth. simply blown away.
it almost read like a thriller. you could FEEL the main character slowly going down a spiral as the pages went. i don’t want to spoil anything, but the ending was on point.
this is a perfect summer read, albeit a depressing one. if you’ve never read anything from ferrante, i think this is the best book to start with.
2 years later, i do get the point of this story. i have so much sympathy for the main character. ferrante explored the complexities of motherhood (especially the “darker” sides of it) with so much maturity and depth. simply blown away.
it almost read like a thriller. you could FEEL the main character slowly going down a spiral as the pages went. i don’t want to spoil anything, but the ending was on point.
this is a perfect summer read, albeit a depressing one. if you’ve never read anything from ferrante, i think this is the best book to start with.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't find this beautiful, evocative etc at all. I actually feel duped by reviews and the summary I read. I did not find a description of womanhood or the complicated nature of mother-daughter relationships in this novella.
I'm not a mother so I connected to the daughter characters who were blamed for their personalities and traits by the woman who raised them and providing both nature and nurture to these 2 people.
Leda is constantly jealous and resentful of, but also relating to a woman who is spending a lot of time with her young daughter and she hates them for playing together at the beach with a toy.
The scenes that depicted abuse by Leda toward her daughters were extremely upsetting and hard to read. I really don't understand how slapping your child over and over, dragging your child outside and shutting them there then shattering a glass door in her face, flirting with your child's crush/bf/love interest, stealing a random child's favourite doll, blaming your daughters for not wanting to hear excuses about why you left them in childhood can be seen as complicated nature of motherhood. That is not complicated at all.
There's also plenty of complaining about children who are acting like children and complaining about seeing a pregnant belly in a bikini.
For me, this story was peeling back layers on a woman where the next revelation is even more gross than the previous.
Maybe if I was expecting to go into a creepy character study of a cruel and unhinged woman, I would feel differently. Unfortunately that's not the image I was given.
Not for me at all.
2 stars because it was extremely unsettling and unpleasant but not boring.
I'm not a mother so I connected to the daughter characters who were blamed for their personalities and traits by the woman who raised them and providing both nature and nurture to these 2 people.
Leda is constantly jealous and resentful of, but also relating to a woman who is spending a lot of time with her young daughter and she hates them for playing together at the beach with a toy.
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There's also plenty of complaining about children who are acting like children and complaining about seeing a pregnant belly in a bikini.
For me, this story was peeling back layers on a woman where the next revelation is even more gross than the previous.
Maybe if I was expecting to go into a creepy character study of a cruel and unhinged woman, I would feel differently. Unfortunately that's not the image I was given.
Not for me at all.
2 stars because it was extremely unsettling and unpleasant but not boring.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was bored, I really wanted to like this book, I’ve heard great things about Elena Ferrante. It felt really lacklustre, I felt no emotion towards any of the characters and most of the time I didn’t care.
emotional
tense
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
Un libro igual de descarnado que los primeros dos de Ferrante, la misma belleza furiosa. Sin embargo, este es más calmado, más sutil, tiene un ritmo más lento. Por eso, los golpes que da son más pesados y profundos. Ferrante es extraordinaria.