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arlenefinnigan
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Pickpick

This is a suitably tumultuous, eventful, and often brutal and heartbreaking conclusion to the quartet. The unresolved mysteries are in a way frustrating, but they also make the story more real and relatable. It's quite the journey.

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arlenefinnigan
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Christmas shopping done. Time for #BooksAndBooze. Earned it.

Bookwomble Do you mean you're done with SOME Christmas shopping, or that you've done ALL your Christmas shopping? If the latter, then 😱🤯 I'm one of those people rattling shop doors on Christmas Eve! 😄 2w
arlenefinnigan @Bookwomble I'm one of those people who puts their tree up early November and has panic attacks if they haven't bought all the presents by the end of the first week of December! 2w
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ChrisBohjalian
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Yes, I adored MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.

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Noronoro

“I would have done anything for her, on that morning of reconciliation: run away from home, leave the neighborhood, sleep in farmhouses, feed on roots, descend into the sewers through the grates, never turn back, not even if it was cold, not even if it rained.“ This is the quote that sold me on the book; Elena Ferrante capturing a type of relationship that I can't recall seeing so viscerally written before.

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arlenefinnigan
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This is a remarkable book and incredibly well researched. The author vividly describes centuries of Naples' tumultuous history of art, mythology, social and political upheaval, and violent revolution, interspersed with his own anecdotes of living in the city.

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arlenefinnigan
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Monday afternoon #BooksAndBooze. Cannot beat it.

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arlenefinnigan
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arlenefinnigan
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Pickpick

Another brilliant, gripping novel in the Neapolitan quartet. Elena and Lila are now young adults with children in the 1960s, and their personal lives and relationships are as turbulent as the social and political landscape. No spoilers, but Elena, what the hell are you doing, girl?

zezeki I adore these books! 2mo
arlenefinnigan @zezeki yeah I'm really enjoying them! Flying out to Naples next week so I'll be reading the 4th instalment there, which is kinda cool. 2mo
zezeki @arlenefinnigan oh, that's great! 2mo
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Night_Reader
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5/5 ❤️

After all these years, re-reading this series has solidified it as my all-time favourite! The characters of Elena and Lila and their intense friendship are so real, raw, and honest, making it all incredibly relatable. The writing is simply brilliant! ❤️

Balibee146 I have had the first on my TBR shelf for ages... Just bought the other 3 in these matching editions, though the final book "like new" is a bit of a state and I will probably have to repurchase ?Looking forward to finally getting to them. 3mo
Night_Reader I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!! 1mo
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