Reviews

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

readingonmountains's review

3.0

3.5 stars
Cleverly narrated, unexpected twists and turns. This was a quick & enjoyable read.

kswan77's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

kbc017's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I really wanted to love this book. I went to a book event and got to meet Alex and am sad to report it fell short of my expectations(which to be fair, were probably too high). The unreliable narrator and the way it was written like a play through me off. I got confused with all the jumping forward and backward. I do like the way Alex was able to connect the previous stories at one point. I found the story itself to have lots of twists and turns. 

shellic88's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alexandrabrooks's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

greenldydragon's review

The writing style isn’t for me.

iloveyou's review

1.0

usually enjoy reading thrillers and murder mysteries but the fury absolutely dragged itself for eternity. not fast-paced at all. though the synopsis sounded trusting: lana farrar, a famous actress, invites her friends to her private island but someone ends up getting murdered.
i'm generally a huge fan of unreliable narrators bc they make the story much more interesting, but the mmc (elliot) and his exhausting narration felt soulless. the mmc forces the story to be so sterile and none of the main characters were particularly memorable for me. unfortunately the fury was a miss for me, the book falls flat and the ending sadly did not shock me.

many thanks to celadon books and netgalley for the e-arc. 

alefayer's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rzart246's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

dremmavendetta's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Pedantic nonsense from this author. This narrator drove me crazy. The book felt very self indulgent - the narrator seems to have no sense of reality but believes that he does. A wild read in that sense. But the “twists” don’t deliver in this sense. All tell, no show.