Ghizal answers “Team Lenu or Team Lila? Or do most people...”

Karissa asked this question about The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2):

Team Lenu or Team Lila? Or do most people feel sympathetic towards both equally?

Ghizal I tried answering this question throughout the entire first and second book. I think the line "I did not know the map of prestige..." is especially te…moreI tried answering this question throughout the entire first and second book. I think the line "I did not know the map of prestige..." is especially telling of both characters. They are both imperfect, both arriving at prestige in different manners, and both dealing with it differently. Lila's genius did not necessarily go to waste. She's just using it in a different way - and she is privileged in being able to use her genius in a way that Lenu will never be able to and never know how to. Genius is not necessarily manifested in academics, and that is Lenu's insecurity. She thought she could surpass it by surpassing Lila in academics. Beautiful beautiful book.

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