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A review by ashmb
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
3.0
I think I am so used to 'high action' fantasy books, that the thought of a book where nothing much happens except the everyday occurance of life, is still foreign to me.
The book was written in a way that was easy to digest. From the perspective of a girl navigtating the world from child to teenager and learning and unlearning all the things her family has taught her both proactively and simply by being human.
She has such a good grasp of people and seemed to notice and piece together seemingly small things in a very mature and experienced way. Sometimes that felt at odds with the fact this was meant to be a story of a 13-15 year old, told from the memories of that person now grown-up.
I enjoyed the second half of the book a lot more than the beginning. The way the bracelet weaved itself through the story to show the lies adults tell others and themselves was interesting.
The book was written in a way that was easy to digest. From the perspective of a girl navigtating the world from child to teenager and learning and unlearning all the things her family has taught her both proactively and simply by being human.
She has such a good grasp of people and seemed to notice and piece together seemingly small things in a very mature and experienced way. Sometimes that felt at odds with the fact this was meant to be a story of a 13-15 year old, told from the memories of that person now grown-up.
I enjoyed the second half of the book a lot more than the beginning. The way the bracelet weaved itself through the story to show the lies adults tell others and themselves was interesting.