I read this, the fourth story of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, in 2 days because I couldn't wait to find out what had happened to all the characters.It is quite a sad book without moving you to tears. It leaves a lot for you to think about after.
I loved the way the character'slives are so well-drawn, their emotions and experiences are so real, and the history and neighborhoods of Italy are so well-described that this book feels more like an autobiography than a novel
It feels almost Tolstion in the number of characters who keep cropping up.
Each of the four volumes has an established theme: the development of resentment and friendship in childhood, the limitations of social boundaries, the compromises and confinements of marriage, and the establishment of regrets in old age.
I would like to read another by her.
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