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timothydalton 's review for:
The Lying Life of Adults
by Elena Ferrante
This was alright. I liked the setup of the story and I was intrigued to see where everything was going once we first learned about Aunt Vittoria. I found her an interesting character and I liked seeing the development of her relationship with Giovanna. As the story progresses, though, it starts to encompass these additional characters and storylines that I don't think I was as interested in - the stuff with Roberto and Giuliana, Tonino and Corrado, etc. It's not bad though. I'm not sure coming of age stories are necessarily my thing but I thought this one worked fine, basically as a story of Giovanna learning about all the different ways that adults can lie and cheat and collapse under their own insecurities. I enjoyed it.