2.91k reviews for:

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

3.91 AVERAGE

cab2570's review against another edition

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

milacannotread's review against another edition

4.0

funny reflective sad medium-paced

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olga es más fuerte que yo pq si fuera ella lo m4to al pelotudo de su marido

meganmagicmusings's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad slow-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

lesefreund's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective 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

sentencesiloved's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

mortennc's review against another edition

3.0

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*3.5

strebic's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective 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

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I love Elena Ferrante so much. She reaches into the darkest sometimes most humiliating depths of the human mind and exposes it all to you in the most incredible prose and I’ll eat it up every single time

anoriega's review against another edition

4.0

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I had a bit of a hard time reading this book. Halfway through I wanted to give up because it was getting so repetitive and self-destructive. But once I got through that hump, I realized just how necessary it was.

Ferrante does a scary good job of detailing Olga’s manic breakdown in the midst of her two young children. Looking back, I’m equally impressed but repulsed. Such an odd mixture of feelings but no other way to really describe it. I can see why this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea.

bryntauveli's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional 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

lilientl's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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: No