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A review by dunnadam
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
1.0
I really didn't like this book and can't BELIEVE Amazon picked it as the best fiction book of 2015. I see this story as the Emperor's New Clothes, and for some reason others don't seem to be able to tell that he's really naked and there's nothing there.
The book is pompous and over-written with no likeable characters. All the characters have ridiculous names like Professor Murgatroyd, Mathilde, Chollie, Muvva, Gawain, etc. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Every time I read the name Muvva I was reminded of the Seinfeld episode of the woman whose name rhymes with a female body part.
The action stops at one point for the following observation preceded and followed by section breaks:
"[MATHILDE'S PRAYER: Let me be the wave. And if I cannot be the wave, let me be the rupture at the bottom. Let me be that terrible first rift in the dark.]"
Anyone have any idea what this means?
I started to get into the book a little when they were writing the opera only to then be confronted later with the opera itself, 20 pages or so of an opera stuck in the middle of the book. I didn't read it. I can't think of anyone who would.
The story makes no sense, the book bears no resemblance to Gone Girl despite reports, the people are all bitter and evil. Other reviews said the second half is better and it is in that it is easier to read but I would not say better.
I kept thinking I should put the book down while I was reading and really wish I had.
The book is pompous and over-written with no likeable characters. All the characters have ridiculous names like Professor Murgatroyd, Mathilde, Chollie, Muvva, Gawain, etc. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Every time I read the name Muvva I was reminded of the Seinfeld episode of the woman whose name rhymes with a female body part.
The action stops at one point for the following observation preceded and followed by section breaks:
"[MATHILDE'S PRAYER: Let me be the wave. And if I cannot be the wave, let me be the rupture at the bottom. Let me be that terrible first rift in the dark.]"
Anyone have any idea what this means?
I started to get into the book a little when they were writing the opera only to then be confronted later with the opera itself, 20 pages or so of an opera stuck in the middle of the book. I didn't read it. I can't think of anyone who would.
The story makes no sense, the book bears no resemblance to Gone Girl despite reports, the people are all bitter and evil. Other reviews said the second half is better and it is in that it is easier to read but I would not say better.
I kept thinking I should put the book down while I was reading and really wish I had.