A review by kirklandprosecco
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Did not finish book.
I really gave this one a go! I've been meaning to read this for years, and once I saw it on The NYT best list as #1, I thought that was a great excuse to finally read it. I found the writing style distracting, there were so many commas, all the paragraphs were run-on sentences, it was sometimes hard to clarify what the writer meant. I loved the themes of friends/frenemies, education vs. vocation, women's violence vs. men's violence -- but in the end, I just was not enjoying the story. I am happy for those who loved this - just wasn't for me.
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