A review by books_0r_die
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

5.0

During My Brilliant Friend, I enjoyed the ease of the read but found that I wasn’t SUPER Interested by the story. It was good but missed the juiciness I’ve been used recently… but I realize it ~*truly*~ was just setting the scene. Buying you into the characters in Lenu and Lila’s small town in Naples. What roller coaster of womanhood, growing up, becoming rich, being poor, fitting in, being the talk of the town, etc. I’m so excited to see where this goes next. I wasn’t expecting Lila’s son at the start of the book TO BE NINO’s nor that that is how Nino and anyone, let alone Lila would end up briefly and passionately together. Excited to get home to the third book!!