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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
“Pensé en cómo un acto opaco genera otros de una opacidad cada vez mayor, y entonces el problema reside en romper la cadena.”
dark
emotional
inspiring
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
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
I’m not really sure what I just read but it was all together quite fantastic. I don’t even know if I liked it but I know it was brilliant and strange.
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
I watched the film first. I liked hearing the inner thought of the protagonist through the book.
I never understand why people insist on writing summaries of the plot. We can all read that on the back of the book or in the About this book section of any online distributor. What matters in a review is whether it's good or not, whether you enjoyed it or not. The details of the plot are largely irrelevant.
I'm pretty new to the Elena Ferrante storm but I'm glad I've come aboard when I have. Elena Ferrante - penname, no one knows who it really is - has a superbly strong narrative voice and writes eloquently. It's immediately intriguing. She over-intellectuals but it doesn't make the text turgid and hard to read, rather she writes pleasing sentences about things you'd never bother to put into words because they exist on such an unconscious level. That enables her to delve into the sort of thoughts that may occur to us that we push away, in a deliberate attempt to be normal and not be considered a psychopath.
She's quite like Javiar Marias (with the slow build literary writing) but the writing isn't so old fashioned or long winded. She writes about simple and complicated things beautifully and easily.
I'm very impressed even though I did sometimes feel like I wasn't keeping up because I don't overthink to such a degree. That said, I couldn't have written something so interesting about a solo trip to the seaside, especially without any interaction from others. The unconscious mind hogs the limelight in her writing and forces you to look within while you're reading. Great book. And possibly a great introduction to what might become of the biggest writers around this year.
I'm pretty new to the Elena Ferrante storm but I'm glad I've come aboard when I have. Elena Ferrante - penname, no one knows who it really is - has a superbly strong narrative voice and writes eloquently. It's immediately intriguing. She over-intellectuals but it doesn't make the text turgid and hard to read, rather she writes pleasing sentences about things you'd never bother to put into words because they exist on such an unconscious level. That enables her to delve into the sort of thoughts that may occur to us that we push away, in a deliberate attempt to be normal and not be considered a psychopath.
She's quite like Javiar Marias (with the slow build literary writing) but the writing isn't so old fashioned or long winded. She writes about simple and complicated things beautifully and easily.
I'm very impressed even though I did sometimes feel like I wasn't keeping up because I don't overthink to such a degree. That said, I couldn't have written something so interesting about a solo trip to the seaside, especially without any interaction from others. The unconscious mind hogs the limelight in her writing and forces you to look within while you're reading. Great book. And possibly a great introduction to what might become of the biggest writers around this year.
I didn't really know what to expect from this book, and I was quite diffident, but I loved it. I loved to hate its characters (all of them, including the doll) and the growing anxiety it gave me.
this was such a fascinating glimpse at motherhood and a wonderful introduction to ferrante’s fascinating writing style, definitely very excited to read more of her work and watch the film adaptation of this story!!