jannyslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
I learned a new word for coming of age stories - bildungsroman
I wrote in the back of the book “reread the first paragraph” after reading the first paragraph. That was all it took for me to know id love it and be on a journey.
Okay, I wanna dictate it out here (awesome feature for my notes app btw) bc it’s so good and I want to remember.
Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. The sentence was uttered under his breath, in the apartment that my parents, newly married, had bought at the top of Via San Giacomo dei Capri, in Rione Alto. Everything – The spaces of Naples, the blue light of a frigid February, those words – remained fixed. But I slipped away, and I’m still slipping away, within these lines that are intended to give me a story, well in fact I am nothing, nothing of my own, nothing that has really begun or really been brought to completion: only a tangled knot, and nobody, not even the one who at this moment is writing, knows if it contains the right thread for a story or is merely a snarled confusion of suffering, without redemption.
Ferrante does it again
I wrote in the back of the book “reread the first paragraph” after reading the first paragraph. That was all it took for me to know id love it and be on a journey.
Okay, I wanna dictate it out here (awesome feature for my notes app btw) bc it’s so good and I want to remember.
Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. The sentence was uttered under his breath, in the apartment that my parents, newly married, had bought at the top of Via San Giacomo dei Capri, in Rione Alto. Everything – The spaces of Naples, the blue light of a frigid February, those words – remained fixed. But I slipped away, and I’m still slipping away, within these lines that are intended to give me a story, well in fact I am nothing, nothing of my own, nothing that has really begun or really been brought to completion: only a tangled knot, and nobody, not even the one who at this moment is writing, knows if it contains the right thread for a story or is merely a snarled confusion of suffering, without redemption.
Ferrante does it again
vellutoblu's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
green_apple_supremacy's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
yenanena's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
gabiiru's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed! Definitely will be reading more Elena Ferrante in the future.
4ndj's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
krystlesee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mary_yankulova's review against another edition
4.0
Затвърждавам и препотвърждавам колко много харесвам Елена Феранте. Книгата не бива да се сравнява с Неаполитанската тетралогията и все пак аз лично откривам някои прилики - двете лица на Неапол, образованите срещу простоватите, говорещи на диалект, дълбокото навлизане в душевността на героите. заплетените и сложни чувства, които ги вълнуват.
Сюжетната линия проследява съзряването на Джована в периода 12-15-16 г. и набляга на сложните и взаимоотнощения с родители, приятелки и това колко е объркана по отношение на половото съзряване.
Припомних си бушуващият коктейл от тинейджърски емоции с лека носталгия и с облекчение, че е зад гърба ми, но и със страх, защото имам две девойки и рязко се стегнах какво ме очаква след някоя година.
Определено препоръчвам за феновете на Феранте.
Сюжетната линия проследява съзряването на Джована в периода 12-15-16 г. и набляга на сложните и взаимоотнощения с родители, приятелки и това колко е объркана по отношение на половото съзряване.
Припомних си бушуващият коктейл от тинейджърски емоции с лека носталгия и с облекчение, че е зад гърба ми, но и със страх, защото имам две девойки и рязко се стегнах какво ме очаква след някоя година.
Определено препоръчвам за феновете на Феранте.
charlotteregan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
5.0
So fucking raw and emotional. Left my soul in shambles. I will never get over this book and HOW DARE YOU, Elena Ferrante, for writing a book that’s so similar to me I might believe you know me personally.