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My brilliant friend

Best friends? Enemies to lovers to stangers? More like borderline frenemies girl…. ~ My Brilliant Friend

I cannot believe it, we are at the final book in this class. Congratulations everyone! I hope you enjoyed the blogs I’ve written, along with the books we read together <3
I am happy to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The subject matte…

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Is Lina a Girls Girl? – Female friendships on My Brilliant Friend

Hi Everyone! Last book of the semester, congrats to everyone for almost making it to the end! This week I read My Brilliant Friend written by Elena Ferrante. I think this book lands in my top 3, along with Arlt for sure. This book discusses themes of friendship, class, poverty, love, relationships. It is truly […]

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Week 12 – Dolls, Drama, Girlhood

Hi Everyone! Welcome back for the last time, as this is the last book of the semester. I don’t know about you guys, but this semester has flown by for me. I can’t believe it’s almost over.  The final book of this class was My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, and I really enjoyed it! […]

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My brilliant friend: Elena Ferrante

I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo…

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My brilliant friend: Elena Ferrante

I want to start by saying that I almost threw this book across the room after reading the ending because I was so dissatisfied with it, but after discovering that it is the first in a series I am much more content with it and want to read more. I enjo…

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“My Brilliant Friend” – Class and Clashes

LAST BOOK LETS GOOOO!!!! This has been a wild ride. I’d like to thank my classmates, teachers, and TAs for their hard work and for reading so many blogposts and also to us for reading the books and for writing all the blog posts. Good job all. We made it. Also this class significantly contributed […]

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Lila: “I’m not like other girls” – My Brilliant Friend

There are only so many books I can read with horrible male characters. This book was frustrating to read. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante was really not my cup of tea, but I did like it just a little bit. First, the “friendship” between Lila and Elena was so toxic. The first 30% of […]

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(My Brilliant Friend)

I remember being very happy when I first saw the book on the list of readings for this class. For one, this is one of my favorite books as far as I could remember. I had read this entire series at an earlier time, when I was looking into book recommendations so I could learn […]

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Frenemies (My Brilliant Friend) – Elena Ferrante

I loved this book so much, and I will have to read the next ones. I can’t be left in such a cliffhanger! Of course, this book is an coming of age story, a common theme in the course. It takes us on a journey where we can see how a small neighborhood in Italy […]

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My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante

This week I chose to read my Brilliant Friends. I really enjoyed this week’s reading and can say that it was really interesting to me. I felt that the story flowed really well and it was a pretty captivating story. … Continue reading →

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