Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fato e Furia by Lauren Groff

16 reviews

bootsmom3's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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smashlier's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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alyssamg8's review against another edition

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tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5


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beatriks's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The book is split in two halfs, I knew that upfront, and without that knowledge, I wouldn’t have finished it. 
The first half was a dread to read, extremely slow and the male protagonist extremely self-centered.
I couldn’t see where this was going. 

The second half really made up for that, the female protagonist was way more interesting and the pace was faster as well. 
I would recommend it, but not unconditionally. 

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bravokidroxy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The first half is a deep look into unreliable narrators which is totally my jam. And then Part two feels like “oh we’re gonna get some answers” and that’s a big ole lie. The second half, although still an unreliable narrator felt more like an act. She knew what she was doing by leaving things out and asking too many rhetorical questions so it was harder for me to feel for her. The story is simple, no jump scares, and mostly benign so this really is just a deep character analysis about marriage and loyalty and love. 

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sachikoriddle's review against another edition

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4.0


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