readbycarina's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Classism, Abandonment, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness
finleigh's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Infidelity, and Homophobia
jeanlobrot98's review against another edition
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Hate crime and Transphobia
Minor: Addiction and Child death
cassreading's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
After finishing the Neapolitan quartet, I feel that strange emptiness that comes from exiting a literary world that has become almost more real than your own. These books, especially this last one, are philosophical, concerned with the boundaries of selfhood and identity, with violence, passion, politics, and the meaning of the written word, without being overbearing the way a lot of literary fiction is. That's because the whole epic is really driven by Elena and Lila, two amazingly fleshed out and dynamic characters who have such a rich, complex (toxic?) relationship. Their lives are so wonderfully and horribly intertwined, and reading about them is a really incredible experience. I loved these books, and I could gush about them all day long.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, and Hate crime
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