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The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
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bookshelves: translated, owned
Jan 21, 2016
bookshelves: translated, owned
Read 2 times. Last read December 26, 2018 to December 30, 2018.
After re-reading this series, I can confirm it's one of my all-time favorites. Ferrante is a writer I admire so much, and like I said in my original reviews, one that I know confidently I can, and will, read again and again throughout my life.
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Original Review:
I'm done. I'm actually done. The journey is over, and what a wonderful journey it was. Maybe soon I will be able to write a better review, but for now I can only say that this series is truly unlike anything I've read. It's a modern masterpiece, and Elena Ferrante is one of the greatest living authors. I'm sure to revisit these books again and again and again. In the mean time, goodbye Lila & Lenu. It's been a pleasure.
First read: March 26 - April 1, 2016
Second read: December 26 - 30, 2018
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Original Review:
I'm done. I'm actually done. The journey is over, and what a wonderful journey it was. Maybe soon I will be able to write a better review, but for now I can only say that this series is truly unlike anything I've read. It's a modern masterpiece, and Elena Ferrante is one of the greatest living authors. I'm sure to revisit these books again and again and again. In the mean time, goodbye Lila & Lenu. It's been a pleasure.
First read: March 26 - April 1, 2016
Second read: December 26 - 30, 2018
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Reading Progress
January 21, 2016
– Shelved
January 21, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
March 26, 2016
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Started Reading
March 26, 2016
– Shelved as:
owned
March 26, 2016
– Shelved as:
translated
March 26, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
April 1, 2016
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Finished Reading
December 26, 2018
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Started Reading
December 26, 2018
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26.22%
"Elena is so infuriating, and I forgot how little we see of Lila in these later books."
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124
December 28, 2018
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63.42%
"“Books are written so their authors can be heard, not so that they remain silent.� Interesting, especially knowing about Ferrante herself."
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300
December 30, 2018
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Finished Reading
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May 24, 2018 10:23PM
It was beautiful, I spent the last 2 month with Lila and lenu. I am sad to say goodbye.
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I feel the same way....thank you for expressing my feelings so well. They are missed...
I was very sad to have finished Lila and Lenu’s life journey. I found all of these books powerful and relatable in terms of the rawness of feelings that the character have. I have not been this invested in characters lives for a very long time. Thank you Ferrante.
Agreed! She take me to a place a mood, and unique discovery ❤️
Just finished and can’t sum up the mass of emotions I have about this body of work 😭
