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A review by salimah
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
2.0
The fatphobia in this book is such an integral part of the perspective of its third-person narrator that it was distracting from the other, equally meanly-rendered perspectives of that voice. This is a novel full of self-absorbed, unself-aware, malicious people whose motivations don't make sense. More than once I wondered, mid-chapter, 'what is the point of this?' That people are singularly awful, but if they are thin, their thoughts are worth hearing about in great detail?
I was initially drawn to this book because I was intrigued by a quote I read about Lauren Groff's writing process. Well, now I can say I've read Lauren Groff and that's enough of that.
It took me so long to make my way through it because every character was some level of insufferable. I read three other books between starting and finishing it.
Two stars because at the sentence level, I find no issue with the craft.
I was initially drawn to this book because I was intrigued by a quote I read about Lauren Groff's writing process. Well, now I can say I've read Lauren Groff and that's enough of that.
It took me so long to make my way through it because every character was some level of insufferable. I read three other books between starting and finishing it.
Two stars because at the sentence level, I find no issue with the craft.