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lukasdot 's review for:
Die Geschichte eines neuen Namens
by Elena Ferrante
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After listening to Ferrante second book of the story I’m not really sure how to rate it without having finished to whole series. It became even clearer that all for books are telling a story that has to be viewed as one big novel. While that isn’t as surprising for a series, it’s especially evident in this one.
It picks up right where the first one ended and makes the world Ferrante is describing even bigger, even more complex. There are so many characters that all have their own story, intertwined with each other. It feels like Ferrante is looking through a window and describing analytically what she is seeing. Although it’s written out of Elena’s perspective it doesn’t take a judgmental view at the people that shape her life, it just describes what is happening. But all of that with a clear, almost brutally honest language that doesn’t shy away from the darkest human experiences.
It is captivating without trying to build an artificial suspense, it just shows life and human relationships centering around a friendship of the two main characters.
I was thinking about stopping the series to listen to another book in between, but just half an hour after finishing it, I want to continue with the third one. That urge is even stronger than after finishing the first one, which is why I have to rate it even higher. I really don’t want it to stop.
It picks up right where the first one ended and makes the world Ferrante is describing even bigger, even more complex. There are so many characters that all have their own story, intertwined with each other. It feels like Ferrante is looking through a window and describing analytically what she is seeing. Although it’s written out of Elena’s perspective it doesn’t take a judgmental view at the people that shape her life, it just describes what is happening. But all of that with a clear, almost brutally honest language that doesn’t shy away from the darkest human experiences.
It is captivating without trying to build an artificial suspense, it just shows life and human relationships centering around a friendship of the two main characters.
I was thinking about stopping the series to listen to another book in between, but just half an hour after finishing it, I want to continue with the third one. That urge is even stronger than after finishing the first one, which is why I have to rate it even higher. I really don’t want it to stop.