Fates and Furies in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jan 23, 2017 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

Lotto and Mathilde marry two weeks after meeting their senior year of college. Both have emotional family baggage but amazingly enough are able to go on to have a marriage for the ages, or something. I don't know. I am not the type of reader who needs to love the characters in order to love a book, but I just couldn't get behind either character. I know that is sort of the point of splitting up the perspective shift to uncover them from a distance, but Mathilde as the strong woman behind the suc ...more

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Dec 15, 2015 Julia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, read-women-2016

Absolutely loving this one. The writing is gorgeous and lush, the characters are so human and flawed and brilliant.

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Oct 08, 2015 Jeff Scott rated it it was amazing

Shelves: marriage, fav-15

This is the story of a marriage told in two parts.

The first is a Dickensian Bildungsroman. The young man born to wealth has it all taken away by the death of his father. He must struggle and overcome. The David Copperfield question must arise. Will he be the hero of his own life, or will that role be played by another? What will be his fate?

The other part is of incomprehensible hardship. While others are rescued and supported, every pain and every mistake keenly felt by the other. There is no r ...more

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Nov 30, 2015 Julie rated it really liked it

This book definitely kept me guessing. The hidden layers and shifting personalities were interesting and the peek into the theatrical world was fascinating as well.

I find books that explore the husband/wife dynamic extremely interesting, especially as I enter my 22nd year of marriage. This one gave me a glimpse into a relationship that was similar to so many partnerships but completely unique, and a little twisted, as well.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Fates and Furies and felt that it definitely ...more

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Jan 02, 2016 Katrina rated it liked it · review of another edition

Hmm....this book is interesting. This was our first book club pick of the new year, 2016, and it made for a meaty book club discussion. It was a slog to get through the first half, but picked up the pace in the second half. It is a book in which nothing is quite what it seems, or maybe that there is two sides to every story, and I like that.

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Oct 16, 2016 Eva rated it liked it

Shelves: sounds-interesting

There are two sides to every story...

Leaves me thinking about life versus life lived, how the actions of parents can affect the outcomes of their children and themes of love, respect and determination.

Stronger second half than first. Would have been 4 stars if they were equal.

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