Fates and Furies.

Fates and Furies is an interesting concept. 

It tells the story of a marriage, the first half of the book is voiced by the husband and shows it from his perspective whilst the second half is told by the wife and presents her view. I was really looking forward to this as although the book has had quite a few negative reviews it has also had exceptional ones and has been shortlisted for a whole heap of awards.

I had a number of problems with this book. At times the writing is very good but overall I found the tone of it to be self conscious and somewhat pretentious.The characters in it were deeply unlovable and the development of the story was highly unbelievable. 

The first half of the story told from the husband Lotto's point of view was very slow going for me. I found myself on the point of giving up a few times but kept on reading as I was hoping it would get better. The second half of the book narrated by Mathilde was a more interesting, well paced story but one that was totally unbelievable.

Overall I'm bewildered by the praise that this book has received. There were so many unbelievable facets to the story, the characters were cliched and it gave no insight into marriage and relationships. 

I was hugely disappointed by this book.