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The Story of a New Name – Elena Ferrante

On April 16, 2016April 15, 2016 By bookskepticIn Reviews7 Comments

How do I say this? Quickly, I guess - I didn't really like this book. It is the second book in Neapolitan series, I read it right after 'My Brilliant Friend' and while I was in Naples. Maybe that was part of the problem, that I was travelling and couldn't devote as much time to …

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My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante

On April 7, 2016April 6, 2016 By bookskepticIn Reviews10 Comments

I read this book few weeks ago and I don’t remember all the plot details clearly, but it is one of those books where plot is secondary to characters development. Still a lot of things happen! It is a first book in a series of four, Neapolitan Novels, as they came to be called. The …

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