I agree with you on Ferrante but everyone seems to love the series so much I thought maybe there was something wrong with me? I felt like the characters were both angry and flat, but I recognize that I tend to have issues with books in translation so was wondering if that was where the disconnect was. Love this insight.
I felt the same way! I get why they're beloved, but I didn't enjoy reading them. It felt like a slog through books 3 and 4. So I, too, thought I was the problem. I didn't even consider the translation bit, funnily enough! I'm thinking through what I've last read in translation - I didn't have the same issue with Italo Calvino, and the books I read translated from Polish recently were just depressing in general topic wise, so that's not a helpful sample. This sounds like the perfect invitation to do more digging. *immediately schemes*
I agree with you on Ferrante but everyone seems to love the series so much I thought maybe there was something wrong with me? I felt like the characters were both angry and flat, but I recognize that I tend to have issues with books in translation so was wondering if that was where the disconnect was. Love this insight.
I felt the same way! I get why they're beloved, but I didn't enjoy reading them. It felt like a slog through books 3 and 4. So I, too, thought I was the problem. I didn't even consider the translation bit, funnily enough! I'm thinking through what I've last read in translation - I didn't have the same issue with Italo Calvino, and the books I read translated from Polish recently were just depressing in general topic wise, so that's not a helpful sample. This sounds like the perfect invitation to do more digging. *immediately schemes*