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A review by feifeii
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
challenging
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
3.75
I struggled quite a bit in the first part The Fates. I am glad that I hung in there and once it got to the second part Furies the pace and the narrative picked up and gets more intriguing.
Overall this book is about marriage and the last chapter (three-page long only) sums it up and it’s the best chapter.
”… More than the highlights, the bright events, it was in the small and the daily where she‘d found life… These silent intimacy is made the marriage, not the ceremonies or parties or opening nights or occasions or a spectacular fucks.”
“She wished she’d been the kind Mathilde, the good one. His idea of her. She would have looked smiling down at him; she would have heard beyond Marry me to the world that spun behind the words. There would have been no pause, no hesitation. She would have laughed, touched his face for the first time. Felt his warmth in the palm of her hand. Yes, she will have said. Sure. “
Overall this book is about marriage and the last chapter (three-page long only) sums it up and it’s the best chapter.
”… More than the highlights, the bright events, it was in the small and the daily where she‘d found life… These silent intimacy is made the marriage, not the ceremonies or parties or opening nights or occasions or a spectacular fucks.”
“She wished she’d been the kind Mathilde, the good one. His idea of her. She would have looked smiling down at him; she would have heard beyond Marry me to the world that spun behind the words. There would have been no pause, no hesitation. She would have laughed, touched his face for the first time. Felt his warmth in the palm of her hand. Yes, she will have said. Sure. “