julia_4 's review for:

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

2.0

challenging reflective 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

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I don’t know if I get it. This is the first book of this author I’ve read, I wanted to read one of her other books but this was the only one my library had. I didn’t like the narrator but, that’s not necessarily something that is important to me. I think the narrator/ main character has deep internalized misogyny that affected her relationship with her daughters. I recently became a mother to a newborn boy and some of the things the narrator said about motherhood and parenting made me feel sick. It’s a quick read, but an unsettling one.