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.

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.