anthofer 's review for:

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
4.0

It's probably just as good as "My Brillant Friend," but adding 150 pages to the narrative, including multiple graphic scenes of domestic violence, definitely made it less pleasurable to read. It was never as difficult of a slog as the first 100 pages of "Friend" were before I got into it, but I'd prefer to struggle with the beginning rather than the end of the book as I did with this one.

The last two words of this book were still perfect.