This was a long read, phew, but a very interesting one, regardless, I must say. At times, I did need to keep the book down, then get back to it due to the constant tension present. I definitely doubted if I would enjoy this novel, but it did take me by surprise (in a good […]
I mean, being from Ischia, I was already pretty biased towards loving My Brilliant Friend, but I really enjoyed this one. Though one of the longer books we’ve read in this course, I felt completely pulled into the story; it felt more like a book that I would normally choose to read for fun than […]
The novel for this weeek, ‘My Brilliant Friend’ left me wanting to know so much more about the stories of the two close friends, especially due to the surprising ending of the shoes and marcello. Starting off, I found the relationship between Lenu and Lila a little…unsettling. The entire dynamic of their relationship was how […]
I’m not sure where to begin with this one as well. I started every blog I’ve written with a line or two about how my struggle with reading as a habit it going so it feels right to do the same for the last blog I’m writing in this course. I feel like with every […]
I really enjoyed reading My Brilliant Friend, it felt like such an easy book to understand, especially compared some of the books we’ve been reading. I was a little worried when I was reading the character index in the beginning. It just kept going and going. But once I started reading, it all made sense. I liked how Ferrante would…
I did not expect My Brilliant Friend to stress me out this much, but the relationship between Lenù and Lila is honestly one of the most obsessive, intense friendships I have ever read about. They both seem to be measuring themselves against each other the whole time. I felt like Lenù, especially, was living her […]
Wow. I think we can all agree that My Brilliant Friend had quite the brilliant end. If someone wrote a 100-hundred-page thesis on the significance of Marcello wearing the shoes laboured over by Lila that Stefano bought, I would read it front to back. In a way, I feel like I already did by reading […]
When I first started reading My Brilliant Friend, I thought the “brilliant friend” was Lila. She stands out as exceptionally intelligent, sharp, and fearless, someone whose brilliance seems to surpass everyone around her. Compared to her, Lenù feels more ordinary, more hardworking than gifted. But as I kept reading, I started to realize that the […]
Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
A conversation with Ann Goldstein
