A review by warroleggo
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Paced with vivacity, the electric portrayal of realism, the raw essence of youth and the gritty bond of friendship, Ferrante weaves the ostentatious pursuit of drama with the affronting suffocation of realism into a moving tour-de-force unmatched in its approach to the novel. Her voice and poignancy supercedes and interweaves the underlying brooding themes in a poor rural town outside Naples: the violence, illogicisms, poverty, stifling tradition and the ardent desire that the youth assert themselves within. The new standard for the novel.