Sweet Fury
When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part.
“A breathlessly fun, dark, and twisty tale of feminist revenge.” —Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice
Lila Crayne is America’s sweetheart: she’s generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning new West Village apartment and are set to begin filming their feminist adaptation of Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night.
To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins working with accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila’s impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch—and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, and no one is quite who they seem.
A twisty, thought-provoking, “wildly imaginative” (Joyce Carol Oates) novel of construction and deconstruction in conversation with the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sweet Fury is a bold critique of America’s deep-rooted misogyny. With this novel, Bischoff probes the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator and examines the true meaning of justice.
“A breathlessly fun, dark, and twisty tale of feminist revenge.” —Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice
Lila Crayne is America’s sweetheart: she’s generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning new West Village apartment and are set to begin filming their feminist adaptation of Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night.
To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins working with accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila’s impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch—and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, and no one is quite who they seem.
A twisty, thought-provoking, “wildly imaginative” (Joyce Carol Oates) novel of construction and deconstruction in conversation with the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sweet Fury is a bold critique of America’s deep-rooted misogyny. With this novel, Bischoff probes the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator and examines the true meaning of justice.
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Sweet Fury
By Sash Bischoff
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(8/10)
260 pages
What’s it about?
Lila Crayne is a famous actress who has just begun working on a feminist movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night. As the filming begins, Lila decides to work on her own demons and begins therapy with a new therapist, Jonah Gabriel. But everyone has their secrets, and as Lila works through her demons, there are unexpected consequences.
What did it make me think about?
This novel is so tied to Tender is the Night that I kept wishing I was more familiar with that story.
Should I read it?
Well, here is another novel that plays with the idea that “we are the stories we tell ourselves.” I found this to be an incredibly ambitious novel that worked on some levels and not so well on others. All the characters are flawed, and each has a different take on the same story. This is a twisty novel with so many perspectives it will keep you guessing. The author takes aim at both misogynistic males and grandstanding feminists. I am meeting to talk about it tomorrow and can’t wait to hear all the tidbits I missed in this book- I am sure there are many. If you love a suspense-thriller, or if you love F. Scott Fitzgerald, then you will enjoy this book.
Quote-
“I think the mind has ways of shifting our memories without our ever knowing it. Maybe it’s a subconscious way of crafting our personal narrative to justify a sequence of events and let us make sense of our own story. Maybe it’s our way of editing and shaping the story we want to tell ourselves.”
Sweet Fury
By Sash Bischoff
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(8/10)
260 pages
What’s it about?
Lila Crayne is a famous actress who has just begun working on a feminist movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night. As the filming begins, Lila decides to work on her own demons and begins therapy with a new therapist, Jonah Gabriel. But everyone has their secrets, and as Lila works through her demons, there are unexpected consequences.
What did it make me think about?
This novel is so tied to Tender is the Night that I kept wishing I was more familiar with that story.
Should I read it?
Well, here is another novel that plays with the idea that “we are the stories we tell ourselves.” I found this to be an incredibly ambitious novel that worked on some levels and not so well on others. All the characters are flawed, and each has a different take on the same story. This is a twisty novel with so many perspectives it will keep you guessing. The author takes aim at both misogynistic males and grandstanding feminists. I am meeting to talk about it tomorrow and can’t wait to hear all the tidbits I missed in this book- I am sure there are many. If you love a suspense-thriller, or if you love F. Scott Fitzgerald, then you will enjoy this book.
Quote-
“I think the mind has ways of shifting our memories without our ever knowing it. Maybe it’s a subconscious way of crafting our personal narrative to justify a sequence of events and let us make sense of our own story. Maybe it’s our way of editing and shaping the story we want to tell ourselves.”
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