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I’d probably give the Fates section 2 or 3 stars at most. Honestly, I considered putting it down multiple times in the first half and probably would have had I not been so excited about it going in. The first half (maybe even 60%) really meandered and I wondered when it would get to a point. Hurricanes of entitlement, all swirl and noise and destruction, nothing at their centers. In twenty years, they’d have country houses and children with pretentious literary names and tennis lessons and ugly cars and liaisons with hot young interns. Yuppies in embryo, miming their parents’ manners. They handed over spider plants in terra-cotta, six-packs, books, bottles of wine. I was highlighting like crazy by the end. But, as the story moves along, the writing ends up being absolutely glorious.

The writing started out a bit terse and I initially had trouble getting into the flow.

This is a book that has me thinking and pondering and I feel like it will stick with me for a long time.

Though it took me awhile to get there, I had a very hard time putting the book down by the end.

So many times, I was left astounded at what had really gone on.

Lotto’s version of his life with Mathilde (Fates) seems fairly normal and even uneventful, but things completely turn on their heads once you switch to Mathilde’s perspective (Furies).

Groff deftly shows how one person’s background can shape his/her perspective on events…sometimes ending up with a vastly different interpretation than others.

I love the overall theme of differing perspectives, particularly as it relates to a marriage.

Marriage, differing perspectives, secrets/betrayal What I Liked

It was the book I was most excited about coming out of BEA. The Riverhead rep at BEA’s Book Group Speed Dating event sold the living daylights out of this novel. The story of the marriage of Lotto, a gregarious aspiring actor from a wealthy background, and Mathilde, a mysterious model he met in college, told first from Lotto’s perspective, then from Mathilde’s. Overall, pushing through the beginning was worth it for me and I’m adding it to my Book Club Recommendation List. The first section (Fates) was a 2 or 3 star slog, but the second section (Furies) is unquestionably a 5 star read. Source: Publisher (Riverhead) via NetGalley Headline The Ultimate List of Family Drama Books.16 Character-Driven Novels I Couldn’t Put Down.Books That Would Make Great Gifts for Moms.Book Club Recommendations That Are Great for Summer.Best Books of 2012 / Holiday Gift Guide.

Best Books of 2013 / Holiday Gift Guide.