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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
I viewed the film with Olivia Colman two years ago and found it disturbing, yet fascinating as well. I only discovered that it evolved from this Ferrente novel. I’ve been wanting to read something by her for quite awhile. ( The Neapolitan quartet is on my list.). The novel is an incredible journey into the mind of a woman conflicted by the multiple roles she is expected to play. It’s a fantastic journey.
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.5 stars
My first Ferrante!!! Just read this on vacation in Italy and absolutely fell in love with her writing style. It was incredibly immersive, you reside in Leda's brain and can feel her thought patterns as they unfold. It was a wonderful investigation into motherhood and what women give up for their families across different cultures. I now need to read everything this woman has ever written, I flew through this with how beautiful and enveloping the story and language was.
My first Ferrante!!! Just read this on vacation in Italy and absolutely fell in love with her writing style. It was incredibly immersive, you reside in Leda's brain and can feel her thought patterns as they unfold. It was a wonderful investigation into motherhood and what women give up for their families across different cultures. I now need to read everything this woman has ever written, I flew through this with how beautiful and enveloping the story and language was.
dark
reflective
sad
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
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was interesting. I liked it I also enjoyed that it was set on a beach
Holy good god. This was like crushing a bug with a book, you just can’t tear your eyes away from the destruction. You have to hate her, but can you morally condemn a woman in search of happiness? And there’s no way Elena Ferrante is really a man. It's impossible one could so precisely put on paper the crushing weight of womanhood or the complexity of Leda’s relationships as a mother and daughter, the scars left on the soul by our relationships with other women. More than anything, I wonder what has this author been through? Her observations cut too deep, Leda is much too flawed, vulnerable, a fully fleshed out, I can almost feel her, human human. She’s packed this with heavy symbolism and so cruelly makes you feel the narrator’s raw shame and self-hatred. I truly believed my heart might make it out of my chest this time, I felt her anxiety, the hurt in both generational directions, the tornado destruction of her spiral. I love reading women in translation <3 Although some of the cultural and connotative meaning may be lost on me, we see the same starry sky on a clear night, i just call it the big dipper.