This book was a wild ride! Great if you like an unreliable narrator with a lot of twists and turns. I think the biggest issue was that it had so many turns that it ended up being predictable by the end.

A thriller taking place on a private Greek island, this story follows multiple paths with constant twists to leave you guessing until the end. Ex-movie star Lana holds her annual holiday getaway for friends at her private island in Greece. When a member of the group is murdered, everyone can only guess that the killer is among them, but who has enough reason to commit the crime. The story is primarily told through first-person narrative by one of the guests, Elliot.
I struggle with unreliable narrators, so this was one that was hard to get into as a reader, but I did appreciate the big twist at the end and that it kept me guessing throughout the last section of the novel.
Thank you to Celadon Books for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

While the confusing narration style wasn't for me I appreciated the story telling and the setting. I thought the descriptions were there the pov of the unreliable narrator was just to whimsical for me.

I unfortunately didn't love this latest by Alex Michaelides. I found I didn't connect to any of the characters much, and found the narrator, Elliot, pretty uninteresting. The first half was a bit slow and I found that I put it down and didn't pick it back up again for several days. It did speed up and get more exciting in the second half, and the twists were surprising, but overall I found it disappointing.

A great psychological thriller. Plot was full of twist and turns, it definitely kept me guessing. Will definitely be trying more by him!

This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope There is more to come from this author! I am totally hooked!

Part greek tragedy, part love story and all fantastic! Took me a few chapters to really get into it, (I even considered DNFing a few times), but when I finally did the pages flew by. I especially enjoy (spoiler alert) a cameo from The Silent Patient! I even felt a few Agatha Christie vibes.

I almost DNF this book during the first 30 pages. It was boring and I didn’t like the narrator. I couldn’t stand the narrator throughout the book, that never changed. But the book does pick up and I ended up being invested enough to find out who the murderer was (my initial thoughts were correct). I kind of had the main ending figured out fairly early on, aside from some twists I didn’t see coming; but, at the same time none of the twists shocked or surprised me. I did like the last 25% of the book and that brought it up from like a 2.75 to a 3 star read for me.
The flow between narration and character POV did not flow well, in my opinion. It had me questioning whether I was reading character POV, or the narrator’s version of that character’s POV.
It’s a shame that this one was kind of a flop for me because I loved The Silent Patient and even gave 5 stars to the Maidens which seems to be an unpopular opinion so maybe my dislike of this one will be another.
I did like the atmospheric setting of an island off the coast of Mykonos in Greece,
I see the book being a hit for some people, I think theater buffs or those that enjoy Greek tragedies might enjoy this book more than I did.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for the copy of this eARC.
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Thank you NetGalley and Celadon Books for the ARC of this book. Alex Michaelides has a way of writing where even though I know the twist and where the story is headed, I am still captivated when I get there. I found this to be unique right from the beginning. Although I got a bit uninterested when our main character starts going back to his past and when initially meeting Lana, the payoff was worth it. What an ending, and the cameo from Theo was a great bonus.

This is no The Silent Patient, there will never be another The Silent Patient…BUT this was artfully done. (And there’s a little Silent Patient Easter egg near the end as well, of course!)
A slow burn thriller full of obsession, classism elements, a private island locked room setting, and the most unique dialog ever. Almost as if you’re just having a conversation with the author, and the author is telling you the story in a play version.

In the end, I did really enjoy this.
Rating it 4 stars here, probably lays somewhere closer to 3.75 for me though.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

The book was a quick read but the narrator I felt was annoying, ending just seemed unrealistic, wish their was more background to some of the Characters past that influenced why they let Kate and Elliot stay in the group. Felt the Silent Patient was much more an twisted story

The Fury has quite a cast of characters; and I do mean cast as they are all either stars of the stage and screen or associated with the entertainment industry. The plot has nods to Shakespeare, the Greek Chorus, throw in a sprinkle of Norma Desmond and pinch of "Baby Jane and Blanche Desmond.. This is served on a plate of Agatha Christie. . This is a buffet of known ingredients shaped and coaxed into a exciting new presentation that only a literary chef such as Alex Michaelides could conjure.

Elliot Chase is our storyteller, a natural fit as he is a playwright. But as with all creatives, how much is truth and how much aspirational? He tells the tale of friendships, love and murder. It begins with the beautiful and somewhat reclusive actress Lana Farrar inviting her friends Kate, Elliott (an actress and afore mentioned playwright respectively); her son Leo and husband Jason (Leo's stepfather); and her devoted assistance Agathi to her private Greek island, "Aura", for Easter. Nikos is the caretaker who lives year round on the isolated island.

Everyone settles in for what will be a very long weekend. The island is prone to storms or "Furies" as they are known in Greek mythology. At the end of an evening out on another island, one such storms looms, They make it back to Aura, but will soon find themselves cut off from the world thanks to the storm. They will also find one of them dead, at the ancient theater on the island, no less.

Who would have done such a thing and why? it is some time before police are contacted and arrive, but with so many suspects who are in the business of lying - through acting or storytelling - how can anyone's story be trusted?

Michaelides constructs a vivd location and mostly well developed character. It played in my mind like a film (ironic, I know). The chapters are relatively short, so I found myself reading them like snacks and flying through the book. Fans of Agatha Christie, Lucy Foley and Anthony Horowitz will no doubt enjoy this book.

My Thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a good slow paced thriller. Elliot Chase, the omniscient narrator of the story, joins his best friend and reclusive ex-movie star Lana Farrar, on her Greek island with a few other friends. They all have secrets and hidden agendas. Someone gets murdered--but who? It takes place in present time but has an old Hollywood feel to it, which I loved. It isn't as twisty as I would have imagined, but it still has good foreshadowing and leadup to the shocking ending.

Thank you so much @celadonbooks for sending me an ARC of this book! The Fury is out on shelves now!

This was an anticipated read for me but unfortunately it fell so short. I think I’ll forever be chasing the thrill that Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient gave me… I didn’t see that twist coming at all and really loved reading that book.

I liked his next book, The Maidens, a bit less. And this new book, The Fury, I sadly enjoyed even less….

There were some fun aspects. As a theatre person, the theatre tidbits were a fun addition! And I love the Easter eggs and connections Michaelides includes in all his books!

But overall this thriller felt weak to me. Michaelides has a talent for writing unreliable narrators, but there was something about Elliot that drove me crazy in a I-don’t-want-to-keep-reading way. I also thought the premise wasn’t exciting. The twists were lackluster and predictable.

Did I love this book? Not at all. Will I keep reading Alex Michaelides’ books? Absolutely

Is it bad that my favorite thing about this book is the cover? I wasn’t a fan of this one. Felt like the author was trying too hard to do something different with the narrator and it wasn’t working

A slow build up of a thriller but a great pay off! The twists Alex does in his books are always so fun to read and I didn’t see it all coming. I think my favorite part was the unreliable narrator, which Alex does so well!

Thank you Celadon Books for the digital ARC!

I’m rating this 3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

This was not what I was expecting coming from the silent patient, but I wasn’t upset with what I got. It was written a lot differently than TSP was, this was more like a play in book form. However, it was witty and twisty and kept me intrigued along the way, but it was a slower vibe which I’m not used to in thrillers.

"The Fury" by Alex Michaelides offers a gripping tale of murder and mystery set against the glamorous backdrop of a movie star's secluded island. Reminiscent of the "Knives Out" franchise, the plot weaves a web of intrigue as characters navigate wealth, fame, and betrayal. Despite the attempt to keep readers guessing, "The Fury" might leave some feeling underwhelmed, as its twists fail to fully compensate for the shortcomings in tone and character engagement.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

“We are the unreliable narrators of our own lives.”

Following a group of friends on a private island in Greece, The Fury reads like an intense Greek tragedy. Our narrator, Elliot, is so unreliable that we find ourselves questioning his every move. Obsessed with Lana, an ex Hollywood starlet, who he loves deeply, Elliot concocts a plan so twisted in hopes of making Lana realize that she should be with him, and not her husband.

Filled with twists and turns, we realize that nothing is truly as it seems. Michaelides does an incredible job of of invoking suspense and keeping the reader guessing up until the very end. Not as gripping as The Silent Patient, but a decent read overall.

3.5 Stars !

Good locked room (on an island) mystery. Twists and turns to keep readers interested. I recommend it.