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Each story is a glittering jewel set in a heavy crown.

Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren Groff

April 18, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Often, short story collections can be a bit of a mixed bag – especially when all written by the same author. I frequently find myself speed-reading through “filler” in hopes of finding some “killer”. As always, Lauren Groff turns your expectations to crystal and smashes them into a million brittle and beautiful pieces. Each one of the eight stories collected in this book could be their own novels- I could spend days drifting through Groff’s worlds. The first tale, “Lucky Chow Fun”, takes place in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, arcadia, brave women, fates and furies, historical fiction, lauren groff, monsters of templeton

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, arcadia, brave women, fates and furies, historical fiction, lauren groff, monsters of templeton ·
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Admired But Unloved

October 26, 2015 by yesknopemaybe 3 Comments

I think I’m going to have to file this one away on the “admired but unloved” shelf. It was definitely an interesting read because whether you like Fates And Furies or not, you can’t deny that Groff is a great writer doing some innovative things with structure. She was clearly very influenced by the theatre, especially old school tragedy. I think for this story to truly resonate, you need to have been married. It just didn’t hit me emotionally, but I think it might have […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: contemporary, fates and furies, Fiction, lauren groff

yesknopemaybe's CBR7 Review No:62 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: contemporary, fates and furies, Fiction, lauren groff ·
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