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this review is for the audiobook edition, read by hillary huber.
very well done, and enjoyable listening. i previously read the paper edition, and did find i spent more time considering the words and language choices, being wowed by what ferrante was doing with her writing, and marvelling over goldstein's translation work. in the audio edition, i didn't even really notice the choices in dialect ferrante (and goldstein?) made, which i found to be such a big part of my reading experience the first ...more
very well done, and enjoyable listening. i previously read the paper edition, and did find i spent more time considering the words and language choices, being wowed by what ferrante was doing with her writing, and marvelling over goldstein's translation work. in the audio edition, i didn't even really notice the choices in dialect ferrante (and goldstein?) made, which i found to be such a big part of my reading experience the first ...more
I avoided this book for years due to the hype. I finally picked it up on a whim and flew through it in a little over a week. It's a strangely compelling book with an episodic, almost cyclical storyline that echoes real life, centered on an uncomfortably one-sided friendship, as narrated by an emotionally codependent girl. Set in an impoverished neighborhood in Naples, there's a grit and that grounds the high emotions, and layers of monetary and gender inequality that complicate the relationships
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Apr 30, 2018
Bucket
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it was amazing
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This is just so good.
Elena and Lila are incredible characters, unique and real, and the ebb and flow of their relationship is so insightfully imagined and told.
Elena and Lila are incredible characters, unique and real, and the ebb and flow of their relationship is so insightfully imagined and told.
May 29, 2015
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