The Fury by Alex Michaelides

This thriller is centered around the murder of a popular actress in a private island in Greece. Every character present seems to have a motive, especially the unreliable narrator.

The characters were beautifully written and the narrator kept me guessing the twists and turns right up until the end.

I love the writing of Michaelides, it imparts his books with such a special feeling.

I would recommend the book for fans of Michaelides's work or thriller fans.

The Fury... I didn't hate it but I can't say I loved it either. I will say I was interested but it was just to slow for me to be a thriller. The ending made the book for me. Thank you Netgalley and Celadon Books for the ARC in exchange for my review.

Do you like stories with unreliable narrators? I do with two of my favorites being The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

Lana Farrar is a famous ex-movie star. She has invited her friends to her private Greek island for a holiday. When a murder occurs who is the culprit?

My thoughts on this thriller:
• Elliot Chase, Lana’s best friend, is the first-person narrator. He is unreliable and a mystery himself.
• Elliot has a hard time sticking to the story. He has one surprise in him, but when he gets to a second surprise, it was too much for me.
• Elliot addresses the audience, breaking the fourth wall, which I liked, but he also seemed to know things that he wouldn’t have known as he wasn’t in the room or with those certain characters. He says at the beginning of the book that maybe he is making up scenes. I wasn’t sure how to feel about this.
• This story moves between being a love story or a story of obsession.
• Nothing or no one is as it seems in this book.
• I enjoyed the exotic Greek setting, especially when reading this during a Wisconsin winter.
• I was reading this novel quickly as it was an engaging thriller, but it lost steam by the end for me.
• I listened to an interview with author Alex Michaelides and he stated that he meticulously plotted his first two books, but went with the flow on this one. You could tell. I loved one of his previous books, The Silent Patient, which was tightly plotted.
• I didn’t really like any of the characters. It was more the style of the story that kept me engaged. I liked that fury became a character itself.

Overall, while The Fury didn’t keep me engaged through the entire book, I did enjoy reading it and being a part of the fury.

Book Source: Review copy from NetGalley and Celadon Books. Thank-you!

Thank you Net Galley and Celadon Books for the advanced reader copy. I have liked everyone of Michaelides' books, and this is added to that list. I really enjoyed the story line which felt like a bit Agatha Christie's work: timeless characters, a desolate island, and a variety of players, literally playing each other. However, the mysterious narrator shares the story in his own way, so you are never quite sure of what will happen next. I love the reference to the Fury of mythology, as well as the character call out to one of Michaelides' other work. A solid read.

The plot took a while to thicken, but boyyy did it thicken. Michaelides is the king of plot twists. Starting The Fury, I didn’t like it. The writing was slow. I don’t really like the 4th wall being crossed. The last 100 pages made it totally worth it. Solid bo

Lana Farrar was once one of the most famous people in the world, thanks to her acting career and her first husband Otto, a producer. Lately Lana wants to live a quiet life away from all the cameras with her son Leo and Jason, Lana’s second husband. Looking to share in some relaxation and solitude, Lana invites some of her closest friends to her private Greek island, but when one of them is found dead right as a storm rolls in, the group finds themselves cut off from the mainland, and trapped with a murderer.

This is Alex Michaelides’s third novel, and having read the other two I had high hopes and high expectations for The Fury. Unfortunately while I did enjoy the novel it didn’t fully live up to my expectations. I could not stand the narrator, Elliot; while I understand that he isn’t meant to be a reliable narrator, I found him extremely irritating and annoying nonetheless. The Fury is full of twists and turns, but I often found myself correctly predicting the outcomes of situations, which I believe was partially due to having read Michaelides’s previous two novels. The chapters are short which helps to move the narrative along rather quickly and aids in the creation of suspense, but it took a little while to get to the meat of the story. There is also a little doubling back, which helped with the flow of the story and clarified the motives held by some of the characters.

This was an odd duck for sure. I listened to this which with how it is written, I wouldn't recommend. The author has this written like he is talking to you and tell you a story. But it goes back in forth in timeline like how a normal conversation can go when you remember something or go off on a tangent. So that made it difficult as a listener. Is made the story feel disjointed and I didn't really know where he was going with it all.

I loved this book! I read Alex Michaelades other two books, and this would did not disappoint. It was equally as twisty and turny and I loved the narration of it, and the easter eggs from Silent Patient and The Maidens.

we follow Lana and her family and friends as they spend a holiday weekend on a private island. we know right off the bat that there’s a murder… we just don’t know who or when or why yet. it’s hard to say much else and keep it spoiler free, so i’ll just say that this was super good and very unique. unreliable narrators and twists… even if you think you know what’s coming, you’re probably wrong. definitely recommend this one!

I love reading about celebrities and how they behave with their friends (like really). Add in the concept of a locked door setting and death, and I'm sold!

I really enjoyed The Silent Patient so I was excited to read The Fury. But it didn’t live up to the hype for me. Yes, some twists I did enjoy and the ending was kind of surprising in some aspects - but the narrator was pretty unlikeable which works for the story I think but just wasn’t my style.
It took me a long time to read this because I found some parts kind of slow but I still finished.
It was a decent read but I don’t know if I would read it again.

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC - it is out now but it took me too long to read this that I didn’t finish before production.

I have enjoyed The Maidens and The Silent Patient so I was expecting to enjoy this. I found the characters to be so uninteresting that the incredibly slow pace of the plot was not worth it. I also found the writing style to be too melodramatic and too on the nose.

A fter having recently read and loved "The Silent Patient," I was so excited to read this book. Unfortunately, it just wasn't for me. The premise was intriguing, and I enjoyed the main character's narration. However, it was such a slow burn that it did not hold my attention for long. I struggled to get into the story and seldom found myself wanting to keep reading. Once the twists started coming, though, I did find myself more interested and excited to find out what happened next.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was honestly not my favorite. It was my first book from Alex Michaelides. I keep hearing so many good things about this author, so I was excited for this book. Honestly, I had trouble getting into it. I am not really a fan of an unreliable narrator, which was the case with this book. In the last part, all of the twists were hard for me to keep track of, and strengthened my distrust in the narrator. The premise really drew me in, which was why I wanted to read the book, but overall this book fell flat for me.

Thanks for the ARC Netgalley!
I have VERY mixed feelings on this book. This is my least favorite books by this author. It took many turns I wasn't anticipating. I disliked almost all the characters, the ending wrapped up nicely though and was a pleasant surprise.
I had to know what happened to Lana and the other characters but I did want to give up reading this altogether often. I didn't enjoy his writing style in this book.

This was just OK, not nearly as good as authors previous works. Storyline did not provide the tense suspense one would expect from a murder mystery

I am so sorry to say this but this book was actually just to drawn out. It was just way too boring waiting for stuff to start happening. The only interesting this was that we found out the insane main character is in the same psych facility from the silent patient. But that was literally the only interesting part. Waiting and waiting for something interesting to happen ended up just making me not care when stuff finally happened

The Fury by Alex Michaelides is a murder mystery type book that will keep you on your toes the whole way through. If you're looking for a book you can't figure out, this unreliable narrator might just do it for you. The beautiful greek scenery made this dark story the perfect vacation read. It felt like an Agatha Christie story mixed in with the old-school gossipy feel of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The first person narrator hooked me from the first chapter and had me dipping back in for more at every occasion. This addicting feeling is not something I'd felt in other books from this author yet and I truly appreciated it. I would without a doubt recommend it to all crime book lovers in my life. Thank you to Celadon Books and Net Galley for gifting me this copy in exchange for a review.

I really loved Alex Michaelides's latest thriller/suspense novel. Having only read The Silent Patient by him, I have been wanting very much to delve into some of his other books to gain a better sense of his writing and when I saw The Fury as an option to read some months back, I knew I had to take the opportunity to give it a try and I am so glad I did. Often, when reading a first book by an author, especially one which has been often mentioned on TikTok and book group pages, I worry that I will be disappointed by other books but that certainly was not the case here. I loved the characters in The Fury, particularly the narrator, Elliott. I kept reimagining him in my mind and I actually loved that about this book. Told about the sweet, talented, fabulous movie starlet Lana Farrar and an intimate group of guests made up of family and friends staying on her private Greek island, we quickly learn this will be a murder mystery. But questions arise one after another as the story unfolds. If the reader is old enough to recall the film The Clue with Tim Curry, I was continuously (and delightfully) getting vibes from that film. I loved that it held a different overall vibe than The Silent Patient and loved some of the dark humor incorporated into it. An absolute delight to read. Michaelides hit the ball out of the park yet again and I cannot wait to recommend this to family and friends. Many thanks to NetGalley, Celadon Books, and of course Alex Michaelides for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of the book.

Unlike any mystery youve read - pay attention and take note of the details and characters. The end comes at you with a FURY! - I couldnt really connect with any one character and it was slow at times but the overall scene and characters kept my intrigue satisfied enough to pursue the end.