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A review by nityaji
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
3.0
If I give this book 4 stars, I would have to go back and give Gilead 5 stars, which probably I should do anyway. I have wanted to read this book for ages, well, ever since Barack Obama said it was his favorite book of 2015. I heard it was about a marriage, more or less, and I like Lauren Groff.
Good things about the book, some well-drawn characters, interesting use of the literary scene in New York, and ... not sure what else. I did find it a good read, i.e. I wasn't having to force myself to read it, but looked forward to reading it every night.
Lotto Satterwhite is a golden child, the main male character in the book whom we read about from birth to death (oops). Tall, rich, charismatic, driven, loyal and faithful, entitled, he seems to have everything given to him without any effort, until he fails at acting after college. But inside, he is never quite as sure of himself as others think, and his one sure thing, that he depends on is the love of his wife, Mathilde, a tall, platinum blond goddess who seems to exist mostly to have hot sex with her husband even years after their wedding, and to be, well, a supportive wife. You know the kind, the ones who work their assess of while their husband goes to school or pursues an acting career, then who pay the bills and do the entertaining after hubby becomes successful?
Well, that's their marriage, until... I can't tell you, but in the second portion of the book when the reader learns of Mathilde's rather incredible childhood and past, the book takes on a whole different light.
This book is about the secrets we keep, the sacrifices we make, how events in our lives shape us. I'm sure it is about much more than that, but it really wasn't for me.
Good things about the book, some well-drawn characters, interesting use of the literary scene in New York, and ... not sure what else. I did find it a good read, i.e. I wasn't having to force myself to read it, but looked forward to reading it every night.
Lotto Satterwhite is a golden child, the main male character in the book whom we read about from birth to death (oops). Tall, rich, charismatic, driven, loyal and faithful, entitled, he seems to have everything given to him without any effort, until he fails at acting after college. But inside, he is never quite as sure of himself as others think, and his one sure thing, that he depends on is the love of his wife, Mathilde, a tall, platinum blond goddess who seems to exist mostly to have hot sex with her husband even years after their wedding, and to be, well, a supportive wife. You know the kind, the ones who work their assess of while their husband goes to school or pursues an acting career, then who pay the bills and do the entertaining after hubby becomes successful?
Well, that's their marriage, until... I can't tell you, but in the second portion of the book when the reader learns of Mathilde's rather incredible childhood and past, the book takes on a whole different light.
This book is about the secrets we keep, the sacrifices we make, how events in our lives shape us. I'm sure it is about much more than that, but it really wasn't for me.