A review by marikareads
Storia del nuovo cognome by Elena Ferrante

adventurous dark reflective tense 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

 I wish I could write everything that's on my mind right now, but that would take waaay too long, so I'm just going to compress my thoughts into a few lines: 

After reading two books, I understand Lila's desperation, but sometimes that makes her truly evil.
Lenù on the other hand is still as obsessed with being better than her, but gets better in the second half of the book after
she publishes her novel
and starts to believe in herself a little bit more.
There are scenes that are truly sad and disgusting, which are sadly the reflection of those times.
I feel deeply for Lenù after she was
basically r*ped by Donato Sarratore
and didn't even understand the enormity of what happened to her.
I also feel for Lila, being trapped into a toxic marriage and fighting hard for her freedom to live and
to love whoever she wants to(even if it's Nino, the boy that Elena had feelings for and that she totally knew about).


The ending was quite surprising, we'll see what happens in the next instalment of the series!
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