Faces In The Crowd feels like the epiphany of the term: “a little bit of this, a little bit of that”. It’s harder for me to get into stories that aren’t linear, maybe im just not sophisticated enough but I just enjoy the simplicity and relaxation of my direct story telling, it felt like the […]
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Honestly, at the beginning of Faces in the Crowd, I felt a bit confused. The narrative didn’t follow a clear, linear structure, and the shifts between time, space, and perspective made me hard to figure out what is “really happening.” However, as I kept reading, I realized that this confusion is not a meaningless, but […]
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I was looking forwards to reading this book and it did not let me down! Although it was a bit longer than the other books, it had me really invested in it for almost all of it. I liked it right from the start when it lays out all of the characters in the narrator […]
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For starters… there were once again a lot of characters in this novel! So I’m extremely grateful to Ferrante for including an index of characters at the very beginning. It was very much appreciated for someone like me, who struggles with remembering characters – especially side characters that are only mentioned a handful of times […]
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I feel like My Brilliant Friend is one of those books that I didn’t fully get into right away, yet the more I read, the more it grew on me. At the beginning, I was honestly kind of confused with all the characters and the neighborhood dynamics. It took me a bit to figure out […]
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I really liked the book my Brilliant Friend, and from the very beginning I had a feeling that I was going to enjoy it. Something about the way the story started just felt more approachable compared to some of the other books we’ve read in this class. It did not feel overwhelming or confusing right […]
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Okay wait let me be so real, my first reaction reading this was just like why does this already feel so intense for no reason? I went into it thinking it would be more of a nostalgic friendship story, but instead it starts with Lila disappearing and Lenù reacting in such a detached, almost irritated […]
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Oof that was an interesting read. I usually like books written from a woman’s perspective especially when they are about girlhood and the experience of female friendships etc. However, this was just a super messy friendship, which I guess is relatable up to a point, but at the same time I rather read something more […]
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I do not really like this book. I mean, it is a very good book, but I am not particularly drawn to it. I like how the two girls struggle against the darkness with each other’s support, and also like how Ferrante portrays them in such a way, but at the same time, their complex […]
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Faces in the Crowd was definitely my favorite book we have read so far. It gave me a strange but interesting feeling, mostly because parts of the narrator’s life felt surprisingly relatable. When she describes her younger self living alone in New York, it made me think about what it means to be a young […]
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