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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
"Now I know what an absence of sense is and what happens if you manage to get back to the surface of it. You, you don't know. At most, you glanced down, you got frightened, and you plugged up the hole"
a story that we've all heard from the women in our lives ad infinitum, but one that is no less painful and frustrating for it's commonality. everyone swears that they won't become la poverella, and yet, without fail, so many do, left to toil in mental anguish while their carbon copy husbands move worry-free through life, chasing pleasure and discarding any impediment
i think what set the days of abandonment apart for me was how unnerving the middle section was. olga, our mc, speaks at one point on how she loves "the writers who made you look through every line, to gaze downward and feel the vertigo of the depths, the blackness of inferno," and i think elena ferrante did this exceptionally well with the hardest day of olga's separation
a story that we've all heard from the women in our lives ad infinitum, but one that is no less painful and frustrating for it's commonality. everyone swears that they won't become la poverella, and yet, without fail, so many do, left to toil in mental anguish while their carbon copy husbands move worry-free through life, chasing pleasure and discarding any impediment
i think what set the days of abandonment apart for me was how unnerving the middle section was. olga, our mc, speaks at one point on how she loves "the writers who made you look through every line, to gaze downward and feel the vertigo of the depths, the blackness of inferno," and i think elena ferrante did this exceptionally well with the hardest day of olga's separation
5 ⭐️
What a read. Elena Ferrante's writing is incredibly addictive even when the subject matter is emotionally difficult. I felt everything she wrote and couldn't put the book down. Olga experienced so many emotions and I felt all of them - from the all encompassing portions of motherhood & marriage to the ability to lose oneself to forging through darkness to find light. Olga is forced to face ghosts of her past as she descends into mania when her husband abruptly leaves her and her two children. Major kudos to the translator.
Reading this as a mom myself hit even harder. TW for something happening to an animal that is … a stressful portion of the book.
What a read. Elena Ferrante's writing is incredibly addictive even when the subject matter is emotionally difficult. I felt everything she wrote and couldn't put the book down. Olga experienced so many emotions and I felt all of them - from the all encompassing portions of motherhood & marriage to the ability to lose oneself to forging through darkness to find light. Olga is forced to face ghosts of her past as she descends into mania when her husband abruptly leaves her and her two children. Major kudos to the translator.
Reading this as a mom myself hit even harder. TW for something happening to an animal that is … a stressful portion of the book.
THE GREATEST CAR CRASH OF A BOOK IVE EVER READ. Olga girl you are me. My staff pick for 2024 because I love this so much
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
fast-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
This was my first Ferrante novel and I definitely enjoyed the writing a lot. Man does she love a comma. I liked how crazy and unhinged the narrator is and her growth is really lovely to watch. Overall I liked it I just feel like it didn’t hit for me the way I expected it to?
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-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
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes