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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?
Viola80 Lila is really unlikeable, but Elena... ok, she deserves her success (I'm still at book 2), she deserves the prestigious university, being published a…moreLila is really unlikeable, but Elena... ok, she deserves her success (I'm still at book 2), she deserves the prestigious university, being published and so on because she worked very hard, as a donkey we say in Italy, but she's so perfect, she always does it right, better than the others. One ends up being a little envious!! Besides, nowadays in Italy you might do as she did, study, beign well read etc, and still end up nowhere. The Italy showed in these novels has ended, it doesn't exist anymore.(less)
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