Neapolitan Quartet (All Four Volumes)

I really like this book and read it word by word. It touched me very much that Elena, relying on her own efforts and strategies, steadily and steadily lived a comfortable life step by step. I have also brought myself into his experience countless times, from being born in a small place, studying without anyone's help, and finally graduating from graduate school. Although I have not achieved high achievements, I no longer rely on my family. Most importantly, the humanity she described made me feel relieved, better able to accept myself, and understand the meaning of hard work. I seldom read novels. In the past, I only read professional books, which were really boring. I didn't understand the accidents of human relationships, conspiracies and cunning. I thought any selfish thoughts were sinful, and I never paid attention to my own inner needs. The descriptions of female characters, events, and personalities in it make me want to reconcile with myself, look more deeply into my heart, and don't have to pursue perfection. It's not too much to live for yourself and strive to not be embarrassed.

I watched the TV series first and then read the book compared to the TV series. Elena is more nuanced in the book. If you only watch TV series, it is easy to be confused by the appearance of the camera - many people will think Elena is really a douchebag! I often feel that she sometimes does things without logic. But look at how it is described in the book. My careful grasp of psychology allowed me to truly understand Elena, Leila's genius girlfriend! There is oppression, resistance, and jealousy in her life. She is not a simple saint. It's not that she doesn't have jealousy and disgust just because she's kind, she's a complicated, living person! Leila is a genius, but Elena, who pursues genius, is what I like more

The lifelong friendship between two girls includes trust, jealousy, temptation, and mutual redemption. The author uses simple words and phrases to tell the story of her and her girlfriend, and also portrays a character with a distinctive personality. At the same time, it also shows the struggles and struggles of women in different periods and at different levels.

At first, I thought the genius girlfriend referred to Lila. It wasn't until Lila said to Lenon - you are my genius girlfriend that I realized that they are both each other's genius girlfriends [I almost cried]

I have been reading this book for nearly three years, and I also watched the TV series in between. After reading it, I felt a lot, and it was very confusing. Just like the story written by the author, there are a lot of things. But I don't have the writing style of the author, so I can only express it more confusingly and casually. The biggest feeling about the text is that the author and translator have strong word processing skills, which is very fascinating and has a strong sense of substitution. As for the content, as Lenon said in the article, "They have all become the background of my life" (although Lenon said here that he has achieved something Those so-called ordinary people have become the background, but we have to admit that this is the case. If you are the protagonist, other people will inevitably become the background). The entire Naples is the background of the two heroines, but all this is real. It has greatly affected the two women. They come from the same place, but gradually lead to different endings. This is due to their different choices, different encounters and different personalities. The two of them are the protagonists, but they are also an indispensable part of the background. The people and things in Naples are the background and part of the protagonist's story. As for the characterization, the author's writing ability and self-analysis (I personally feel that the author is the protagonist, or the protagonist is a fragment of the author) are really hard not to praise. During the reading process, I did not want to criticize the two heroines, but many plots are really unimaginable. I attribute this to the different social backgrounds and national cultures, and the fact that a complete and plump character cannot be completely without shortcomings. None of the characters in the author's works are completely perfect. This is the reality. But Nino is not one of the most annoying characters. He is a "magical" character. Of course, his ending is not bad. I personally think it is very inappropriate, but it is also very realistic. In fact, in reality, there are many endings where bad guys are rewarded. Regarding his relationship with women, I think that as a woman, it is often difficult to grasp feelings. If I meet such a master, I will definitely not do better than Lenon and Lila, so I hope that such dangerous and dirty people will not let me meet (ー_ー)!! The introduction of the book says that this is a 50-year friendship and war between two women, but in fact I think it is more of a friendship, and the war is more reflected in their inner activities. The superficial conflicts are just caused by the helplessness of life and long-term suppressed emotional outbursts. I have to say that they love each other. I think their conflicts are more due to the gap caused by the environment and the distortion of their personalities. Although everyone has a different personality, I think the characters in this book are more extreme, which is largely related to the social environment at that time. On reflection, I think the most valuable quality in Lenon is self-reflection. Although she often compares with Lila and is even jealous, she has indeed been reflecting on herself. Lila is tenacious and brave. Although she also has things she is afraid of, many times she can give up decisively and choose a new direction. This requires a lot of courage, which is exactly what Lenon does not have. There are a lot more, politics, riots, human nature, female growth, education, history, emotions... This book is really long and contains a lot of content. I personally like this book very much. It brings a lot of ideological collision and reflection to people, and I can't finish it! ! ! I won't write it down for now, I'll express it next time when I have a chance!

I've read a lot of reviews and this is a true story about women's awakening. The author's writing is simple but sensitively records many details, which is very memorable.

The Neapolitan tetralogy is about the life of two female characters, Lila and Elena, from their acquaintance in girlhood to their old age. The TV series "My Brilliant Girlfriend" also remakes Elena Ferrante's tetralogy. The story begins when Elena receives a call from Lila's son saying that his mother has disappeared. Elena remembered Lila's prophecy about her destiny, so she wrote the story of their lives... The two women grew up together in a run-down community in Naples. They were inseparable since childhood but both regarded each other as a hidden mirror.

Two little girls who are friendly but full of conflicts and secret rivals are constantly renewing, breaking, rebuilding and shattering in their own lives... Every step is a deepening of self-awareness. As women, when facing friendship, love, marriage and family, they can be so frank, frank, crazy and decisive, which is amazing and admirable! Girls, you must always remember that no matter what identity you have, you should first be yourself.

From a genius girlfriend to finally reading a tetralogy of novels, the ups and downs of the two heroines' lives are played out before their eyes. Lina's determination, her strong inner strength, and her many extraordinary thoughts are shocking. Lenon's delicacy, as well as a series of inner changes in his heart, record the real and contagious things that happened in their lives. In short, it is a great novel!

After reading these books, I have more courage to face difficulties and live an active life. Women's identities at every stage are very attractive.

I don't know why I felt so uncomfortable when I read the end. Tears welled up in my eyes. Maybe it's because Lila came out.

I almost finished reading such an interesting novel without putting it down. How do I find the next one?

It is a series of novels by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, including "My Genius Friend", "The Story of a New Name", "After All These Years" and "The Lost Child". This series tells the story of two heroines, Lara and Lana, from childhood to old age, depicting the changes in Neapolitan society and the fate of women in it. "The Naples Quartet" deeply displays themes such as human nature, friendship, and love, and has won wide acclaim for its vivid characters and delicate emotional descriptions.

After reading it, I don't know what to say. Maybe friendship is watching Lennon become what he wants to be. Lila provided Lenon with guidance and direction throughout his life.

After reading around chapter 50 of the second part, I went straight to the ending. I really hoped that Lina would appear at the end to bring the novel to an end, but she didn't. Lina was so miserable. Fernando threw her out of the window during a quarrel when she was a child. He held the financial power and refused to send Lina to school, even though his daughter was a genius. Nunzia could not resist Fernando and put Lina into worse situations again and again. After Lina was beaten on her wedding day, she ignored her and just ignored him; (I really think Lina's most fundamental misfortune is Her parents are ignorant and arrogant. Lina is the most genius character in the whole novel, and she is also the one who suppresses and bullies the most.) Rino was blinded by vanity, treated the reality irrationally, and desperately wanted to become rich. He slapped his sister several times, but at first Rino loved his sister very much and would argue with Fernando for her sister's wish to study. I cried to death, and I wanted to bear a little pain for Lina when she was beaten. What Svano I would call trash with the best mask. Being suppressed and bullied

Because the book is written in the first person, it can be a bit confusing. One presupposition I want to make is that Lenon—the unfolder of perspective—is by no means as bad as she says. There may be spoilers below A lot of her lack of self-confidence actually stems from her mother's belittling. There is no resentment against her mother here, because her mother always scolds her with words, but does things to love her with her hands. Although this is also an expression of maternal love, the cold water that is always thrown at the right time always makes Lenon have a kind of self-denial, so that as he grows up, under the confusion of youth, he will have a lot of unconfidence, both in appearance and character. But if you look outside this perspective, from a secular sense, she is undoubtedly successful.

Friendship is like family. The difference is that the connection of family is based on blood ties, while the connection of friendship has no maintainer, but they are attracted to each other. Friendship is three-dimensional, unstable and imperfect. It's love and hate, sometimes liking and sometimes hating, jealousy and admiration, not being able to see the other person being too good and not being able to bear the other person's bad life. Sometimes they are inseparable, sometimes they are distant and avoid contact. Sometimes you thank the other person, sometimes you hate the other person. Sometimes you want to be close to the other person, sometimes you want to be far away from the other person. Friendships are also stable. Can understand each other and be understood. You can understand what the other person has not said, and you can also understand the intentions behind the other person's actions. In difficult moments, you can become the other person's support and help the other person solve their problems. We share blessings and suffer hardships together. Friendship has always been a myth. Friendship is not so perfect. It has always had many bad sides. Maybe love too. Thanks for this book showing real friendships in the real world. See through the high-level friendship that has been packaged all this time. The essence of friendship is that there is always a mutual attraction to each other. It's like positive and negative poles. Even if they hate each other, they will always be attracted to each other in their hearts. Why are you attracted? Maybe it's because some inner need has been satisfied.

I have never seen a work that describes female psychology in such detail. It is about their friendship and it is also an epic of female struggle.

Following from the TV series, both are very interesting and thought-provoking.

Their world was not as peaceful and stable as it is now. "Our world was like this at that time, full of deadly words: asthma, tetanus, poison gas, war, machine tools, ruins, work, bombing, bombs, tuberculosis and infection. These words I heard in those years have stayed with me all my life and are the source of many fears and worries for me." But at that time, they were extremely brave and progressive, demanding that they reach a height that they were satisfied with. This spirit is worth learning from.

"My whole life is just a vulgar struggle to improve my social status." Any method can change the class, but the class brought by reading is the most stable. Lena changed her destiny through reading, saw the world outside Naples, and had more choices! Ordinary people really need to keep reading, broaden their horizons, and change their class. Although Lila changed her class through marriage, this change was unstable and ultimately dilapidated. Of course it's not just that, this book also covers a lot of things... Friendship, understanding, awakening, choice, dilemma, love, etc. It's worth reading!

I watched the first three parts online and this last part here. I think the relationship between them needs to be coupled with the background and environment of that era. They love and kill each other, are jealous and caring, and hope you live well but don't want you to be too far away from me. But whenever I encounter setbacks, I still want you to be by my side. These are my simple interpretations!

The ending ends with two rag dolls named Tina and Nou in childhood. The author's arrangement is a bit clever. Both Lina and Elena are brave under the influence of the times. One is a programmer and the other is a writer, with ups and downs in career and love. These two female characters are not perfect in the worldly sense, but they are so real and charming!

The plot of this book is real and delicate, and it made me feel the complicated friendship between the two girls. I like Lila very much, she is smart and brave. But I hate her husband. He cheated on Lila at the wedding reception! I also like Elena. Although she envies Lila, she has been working hard. Many plots in the book made me feel the same way, such as Elena's confusion about the future. Overall, this is a book well worth reading.

After reading it, I had no intention of writing a book review, but if I don't write it, I always feel like I'm stuck in my chest and can't get out. In short, I'll just talk nonsense. It's been a long time since I've read such a painful book. The last time I was reading Osamu Dazai's "Disqualification in the World", I ran away and pulled back to continue. When I watched the first "My Brilliant Girlfriend", I felt like I had eaten a box of delicious chocolates. Although I am not ashamed of Lenon's reliance on Lila and my hatred and jealousy of Lila, I also try to understand her inferiority and darkness, so I have always had high hopes for Lenon and I hope that she can grow. The plot of the second part was so crazy that it made me burst into tears - it was the kind of anger that pitied one's misfortune and angered one. I felt that my three views and soul had been trampled on, but based on my expectations for the protagonist, I thought this was probably a box of shit-flavored chocolate. In the third part, Lenon and Nino get together and insist on custody of their two children. I am convinced that this is a box of shit, but I have already eaten most of it. I feel disgusted when I eat it, and I feel unwilling to not eat it. I had already planned to give up, but I persisted because I wanted to see Lenon's retribution. In the fourth part, seeing Lenon finally get the retribution he deserves, I really let out a long sigh of depression, and my mood calmed down a lot. Finally, a piece of advice for readers with upright views: Don't read this book if you don't have masochistic tendencies. It will completely trample on your views. I hate all people who claim to be free, love, be yourself, and thoughtful, but in fact they are addicted to desire and have no self-control. Lenon fits all of these characteristics. I have no sympathy for what happened to her. I think she totally deserves it. I feel sorry for Lila. Her talent was wasted and she lost forever the possibility of living another life. This is sad. Also, Lenon has no friendship with Lila! No friendship! No friendship! That kind of thing cannot be called friendship at all. That kind of dirty thing is not worthy of being called friendship at all.

"Fortunate people are healed by childhood throughout their lives, and unfortunate people are healed by childhood throughout their lives." The characters in the book spend their entire lives avoiding the harm of their original family, but they return to the whirlpool of the original family that they do not want to face. In addition to discussing the family of origin, the author uses his lifelong insights to write about the profound complexity of female friendship and female life. The true psychological descriptions in the book are like a mirror, illuminating the dark places in women's hearts that are rarely exposed.

Because of the support of his family, the influence of Lila, and his desire to get rid of the ugliness of the place where he was born, Lenon realized his ideal of becoming a writer and earning a living as he said when he and Lila were watching Little Women together as children. And Lila has never been able to get rid of the shackles of her family. Everything around her pushes her towards the path she doesn't want to choose. Because of her intelligence and inner sensitivity, she strives to live a good life now, but she never forgets that she lives in a swamp-like environment. Lenon is Lila's hope for the future she longs for. She hopes that Lenon can do what she wants to do but cannot, but at the same time she cannot do without Lenon, because without Lenon, she will feel that she is really swallowed up by that city and lost. Lenon has known that Lila is smarter than herself since she was a child. She is afraid that Lila will surpass her in any aspect. However, at the same time, Lila brings pressure and motivation to Lenon. Lila will make Lenon look at the same problem from a different perspective and is also Lenon's source of inspiration. They influence each other, achieve each other, and they have already become a part of each other's body. Lenon and Lila have two completely different lives from the outside, but they are tightly intertwined because of their jealousy and hope for each other and that kind of complicated love. They are brave and cowardly. They are proud and inferior. It has nothing to do with fame and wealth, and nothing to do with the passage of time. They are each other's genius girlfriends

Lila, live the life you want No one will bother you anymore, not even your dearest Lenon. You are a blazing flame that lights up Lenon's long life. It disappears after burning, but how can people forget the residual warmth you left. Lila, you are the mountain that Lenon has been pursuing all his life but cannot cross. In this world of turbulent undercurrents, you hold hands and explore your upward climb in life, surviving layers of blood and violence. You finally chose to disappear and pressed the delete button for your life. Lenon respects you and chooses not to disturb your life anymore, but I know that deep in Lenon's heart, there will always be an irreplaceable place for you. Because Lila and Lenon will always be each other's genius girlfriends.

I watched the first two movies a year ago and loved them so much that I couldn't help but stay up late to watch them. Not only everyone in the story liked Lina, but I was also deeply attracted to her. When I watched the first step, I really hoped that a miracle would happen, that she could continue to go to school and prevent her talent from being buried. After Lina and Stefano got married, she made a bet with Lenon that if Lenon lost, she would start studying again. I really hope she can start studying again! When I read this novel, I felt that the "Lina" in my body would also awaken and have more courage to face my own life. At first I watched a movie called "My Genius Girlfriend". I didn't know it was about the two of them. I thought Nino was the hero and Lina was her genius girlfriend. I forgot about this incident after watching it, and it was only at the end that I suddenly realized that they were each other's genius girlfriends. When they were young, they read "Little Women" and hoped to become a financially independent writer. Lenon finally realized this most primitive wish. I think Lina also realized it, because Lenon is Lina's best story. At the end of the story, Lina brings the two rag dolls they lost when they were children to Lenon in Turin. Would Lina write about Naples, about her little daughter? Will it?

This may be the longest book I have ever read in my life. From opening this TV series to going to the library to find books, I finished reading these four books. Really more radical than me academically. After reading it, I didn't feel much, the only thing I felt was regret, but the content inside was very thought-provoking. Part of women's power is constrained by family and social state. Really hard