Just when you think things can’t get worse, they did. I found the use of the word “Muvva” so annoying and the sex scenes were gross and off-putting. How surprising to learn her true character and realize she’s not subservient at all. In the first half we think she’s this sweet little wife. I was annoyed that Lotto was angry with Matilde for her history with Ariel. I liked the writing style, but there was some sleazy/gross content.
After Lotto died and we reached the Furies section, it was like reading a completely separate, second book.
I didn’t like Lotto at all and was sort of glad when he died. This reminded me a bit of The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (a group of young people at a great college, trying to launch acting careers), but I liked Fates and Furies much more. I liked how Groff told us stories about the characters through Lotto’s plays. Very telling of how your upbringing/family life shapes who you are as an adult. These are certainly horrible people with horrible backgrounds. Moving on to Fates and Furies, here are some of the initial comments readers made while discussing their reaction to this month’s selection: You can find the list of our next 12 titles here. We began our discussion by sharing some excitement over our recent ballot results. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. In May, Fixed on Fiction met to discuss Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff.Įvery story has two sides.
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