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Fates and Furies

By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: Will Damron, Julia Whelan
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Barack Obama's Book of the Year

Amazon.com's 2015 Best Book of the Year

New York Times Best Seller

A Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award

Shortlisted for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award

Every story has two sides.

Every relationship has two perspectives.

And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.

©2015 Lauren Groff (P)2021 Penguin Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Fiction

Critic Reviews

"A really powerful novel." (President Obama)
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Interesting story which is beautifully written with very deep descriptions which I enjoyed. I found the story a little weird but still worth listening to.

Interesting story - knowing & being known

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The poetry and writing is just stunning! I wish I had time to study it.

Was epic and powerful and complex and forgiving insight into us all and our vulnerable forays into the darkness

Loved 🥰 so epic and need to reread

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I loved this book. The writing is exquisite; I found myself admiring phrases and descriptions. It is all about character and the complexities of people. It is about love and family, belonging and not belonging. The book is divided into two: section one is the Fates and it focuses on Lotto, his marriage with Mathilde and his career as a playwright; section two is the Furies and here we discover the life of Mathilde. Each section is told from the perspective of the main character of that section. The narrative is original and peppered throughout is Greek mythology. The complications of relationships reminds me of Greek stories. I’ll be looking for Lauren Groff’s two other novels now.

I loved this book!

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I guess I am the right reader. At exactly the right time in my life, by a mere matter of weeks, or even the days it took me to get to the end. But, this was the book for me right now.

Wow.

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Story was overly long and indulgent.

I persisted hoping it would get better. It didn't.

Unrewarding slog

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