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A review by abbeyhar103
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
3.0
This is probably more like 3.5 stars if I want to split hairs.
I loved the writing - the descriptions of the every day aspects of a partnership over the long term, the emotions, the impressionistic sense of place and time. I couldn't put it down because of these things.
The second half through me for a loop though. The massive amounts of secrets and decades-long vendettas that appeared here didn't seem to fit with the rest of the story (or what I liked about it, anyway). I appreciated that the tale was told from two points of view, but would have found it more powerful if it had stuck with the more ordinary secrets and withholdings of a life - or possibly even more than ordinary (Groff could have utilized one dramatic thing from Mathilde's life instead of half a dozen) - but the plot turned into some unnecessary "Gone Girl" -esque shit that felt really out of place to me.
I loved the writing - the descriptions of the every day aspects of a partnership over the long term, the emotions, the impressionistic sense of place and time. I couldn't put it down because of these things.
The second half through me for a loop though. The massive amounts of secrets and decades-long vendettas that appeared here didn't seem to fit with the rest of the story (or what I liked about it, anyway). I appreciated that the tale was told from two points of view, but would have found it more powerful if it had stuck with the more ordinary secrets and withholdings of a life - or possibly even more than ordinary (Groff could have utilized one dramatic thing from Mathilde's life instead of half a dozen) - but the plot turned into some unnecessary "Gone Girl" -esque shit that felt really out of place to me.