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Sheila's Reads rated it

2 years ago

text THE LOST DAUGHTER by Elena Ferrante

Lena goes to the Ionian coast for vacation. She plans on getting her class work ready for the next semester. While there she meets Nina and Elena, a young mother and her daughter, and takes an interest in them and their extended family. She also reflects on her daughters and her mother and their liv...

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Awogfli - Bookcroc rated it

6 years ago

text Mittelmäßig genialer Roman kaum mit genialen Freundinnen sondern eher mit dummen Teenager-Gänsen

Tja ich muss Euch gestehen, dass ich von Band 1 dieser Neapolitanischen Saga nicht ganz so begeistert war wie die meisten von Euch. Versteht mich nicht falsch, ich erkenne die positive Richtung und weiß (zumindest glaube ich zu wissen) wohin der Roman tendieren soll, aber ich finde eben der erste ...

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Auserlesenes - Blog für Buchrezensionen rated it

7 years ago

text Zwei ungleiche Freundinnen

Elena Greco, genannt Lenù, ist schließlich doch nach Neapel zurückgekehrt - und zwar aus Liebe. Sie ist davon überzeugt, dass es die beste Entscheidung ihres Lebens war. Doch als sich ihr allmählich die ganze Wahrheit über den geliebten Mann offenbart, fällt sie ins Bodenlose. Raffaela Cerullo, gena...

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JB's Reading Life rated it

7 years ago

text My Brilliant Friend

The first of Elena Ferrante's popular Neopolitan Quartet. Set in a poor district of Naples amidst families, feuds, first loves and strict moral codes, i t is the story of the developing friendship of two girls, told through the eyes of one of them, the "Brilliant Friend". But it is the other girl wh...

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Words of a Bibliophile rated it

7 years ago

text My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1) by Elena Ferrante

It took way longer than I expected to finish this. First of all the storytelling felt a bit choppy at the beginning. It would start a scene and without finishing it would jump straight to another unrelated scene, and then without finishing that one would switch to another. One moment these two girls...

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Lenaribka rated it

7 years ago

text The Story of the Lost Child

Absolutely stunning.This ending left me speechless and with the heaviest book hangover EVER.P.S. I'm proud to have the same first name. Elena. Isn't it beautiful?

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Lenaribka rated it

7 years ago

text Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Audible

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Lenaribka rated it

8 years ago

text The Story of a New Name

AudibleBRAVO.Five stars, hundred stars, all possible and impossible stars for [a:Elena Ferrante|44085|Elena Ferrante|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]!I wish I can read it in a language it was written. Envy my Italian friends. Pity the books t...

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Lenaribka rated it

8 years ago

text My Brilliant Friend

Audible[b:My Brilliant Friend|35036409|My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale #1)|Elena Ferrante|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493655783s/35036409.jpg|19174054] is simply brillaint.It was a great recommendation (thank you, Katie!) that I (I have to admit it) didn't take too seriously at first (...

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Nicole Reads rated it

8 years ago

text [REVIEW] The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

"I loved Lila. I wanted her to last. But I wanted it to be I who made her last. I thought it was my task. I was convinced that she herself, as a girl, had assigned it to me." (98%) Actual reviewHonestly, I don't even know what to think. This final book in the series was the one that to me, contained...

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