A review by kecb12
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

What a book. There is SO MUCH in this book that speaks to the reality of being married—what it means to know someone, to choose someone, to be with someone. But there is also this beautifully-rendered picture of how to continue to be yourself, an individual, in the midst of also being in a marriage of two. It’s a complicated question—how to maintain selfhood and autonomy when eternally attached to another person—and I so appreciated Groff’s take on it. This feels like the more well-written, thoughtful, reality-based version of Gone Girl. I will think about this book for a long time.