2.87k reviews for:

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

3.91 AVERAGE

andy_mendoza_beasley's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

krysta_bookclub's review against another edition

4.0

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I loved this… it’s depression and anger and quiet rage, but also finding your way back out of it.

Our main girl was cheated on… she thought they worked through it, but then 5 years later he is leaving her and moving in with that other woman. She has two children that he now has no time for and she is rightfully angry.

The written was simple yet beautiful and brutally honest. I was invested in the story from page one!

freyad11's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

conroykd's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

carlaguiomar's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

melorwhatever's review against another edition

5.0

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If I could kill Mario with my bare hands I would. What a piece of shit. Masterpiece. Loved it.

zykx's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Very solidly enjoyable read, difficult at times when things get really graphic, but it's worth it in the end. The book made me reconsider my behavior as my mother's child and as an older sister to two brothers who are still in her household. 

People talk about motherhood, you read about it, but similarly to how The Husband Stitch forces the reader to view womanhood with new angles, so does The Days of Abandonment. Even if it will never be my favorite book, it is worth a read by anyone and everyone.

joey_emma's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

masha__me's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

farofalover's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Eu gostei do livro, mas foi uma viagem de altos e baixos. Você consegue compreender a raiva e angústia da personagem no início, mas com o tempo começa a ser repetitivo e você se pergunta se ela está fazendo sentido. Mas a realidade é que uma pessoa numa situação de abandono é assim: confusa, repetitiva, repugnante. Nós vivemos na mente de Olga o tempo inteiro, e há momentos que nem mesmo ela se aguenta. Por isso entendo aqueles que abandonaram o livro.

Porém o momento que me fez abandonar o livro por um tempo foi quando ela passou a maltratar o Otto, e por fim negligenciou ele. Nao aguentei. Voltei a ler depois de mais de um ano. De inicio fiquei incomodada de vê-la ser incompetente. Chorei quando ele morreu. Mas ao decorrer do fim do livro consigo ver que essa foi a forma de demonstrar a loucura e a dor de ser abandonada. E tambem o artifício que Elena usou para ilustrar o fim do ciclo de loucura de Olga. 

Do meio para o fim sinto que a leitura é mais fluída, você se vê indignado com os acontecimentos mas o desejo de saber o desfecho te leva a ler mais. 
Diria que é um livro muito reconfortante para quem passou ou está passando por um abandono. Você realmente não se reconhece.