Fates and furies

Fates and furies

2015 • 389 pages

Ratings116

Average rating3.7

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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. Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. 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.

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. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends. But sometimes it's what you don't say-- to protect your partner's vanity, their reputation, their heart-- that makes a marriage hum. Until it doesn't ...


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The less said the better... But there's enough here to keep this tale feeling fresh.

June 14, 2016

Did not care for this one. One reviewer said it seemed like the characters were often compelled to lick other people's faces, which is true. Is that a thing? A symbolic thing? Otherwise, I already don't remember much about it.

February 21, 2016
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