Fates and Furies

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There were things I loved about this book: the writing, the different perspectives, the ambiguity and the realness. There were things I didn't like as much: the two perspectives are split in two, and it is a long book, so it takes a bit to find the two pieces to match them up. Also, some of Mathilde's experiences. seem outrageously absurd. And how can two people who love each other so deeply not know these fundamental things about each other? I feel like I need to re-read it to truly incorporate it all. But I will say this, Lauren, can we be friends? I may not understand everything you write, but I feel like a lunch with you would wind up taking hours and we would find in each other someone that understands how we can have a great life and still be frustrated and vaguely angry.

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"Firstly," he said, "tell me the difference between tragedy and comedy."
Francisco Rodriguez said, "Solemnity versus humor.  Gravity versus lightness."
"False," Denton Thrasher said.  "A trick.  There is no difference.  It's a question of perspective.   Storytelling is a landscape, and tragedy is comedy is drama.  It simply depends on how you frame what you are seeing."

fresh-cut grass smell was the olfactory scream of the plants