luci_ja 's review for:

The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

3.5

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Coming of age in the middle of parental messiness, broken family ties, and (un)happy ignorance. I first came across this story in a mini TV serie form, which captured even better the main character's transformation from an obedient daughter into a rebellious, suspicious and slightly insufferable teenager. But I loved it. Not much happens in this book, but the feelings are strong, the characters are believable and the Neapolitan buzz nicely rounds up the general chaos that we find ourselves in.