After reading the first part, ‘Fates’, I was sure that I was going to give Fates and Furies one star. The writing style is different than what I’m used to and I was not a fan of the many plays in the first half. In fact, I skipped most of them.

However, the second part of the book, ‘Furies’, completely redeemed the book in my eyes. Mathilde is a cold, calculating woman who is determined to have her husband Lotto to herself. Throughout the second part I couldn’t decide if hated her, or admired her for taking control of Lotto’s writing so that their lives could improve.