TWISTED.

Alex Michaelides became an immediate must-read author of mine after I finished The Silent Patient and The Maidens. When I caught wind of his new book on NetGalley, I had to apply, so shout out to them for the ARC.

This was a moderately fast-paced thriller that had me hooked from the start. Hatred. Jealousy. Possession. Murder. Justice. TWISTS!!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for honest feedback

Unfortunately this was not as great as I was expecting from this author. This one just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced reading copy.

I was instantly interested in The Fury after loving The Silent Patient. Unfortunately, this wasn’t as good.

This novel started off slower, but then I got invested in the story. It ended up being a quick read. I liked it because it was different from anything I’ve read before—where the main character is speaking to the reader. In the end though, there were too many twists.

Should you read this book?
Yes, if… you want an absolutely wild classic mystery with many twists and turns. Bonus points if you love cheesy dramatic flair.
No, if… a story being completely unbelievable is not your vibe or if you can’t handle pretentious narrators.
All in all - not my FAVORITE Michaelides book but still fully engrossing and entertaining!
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for honest review!

I DNF’d this around page 40. I don’t love Elliot’s narration style and I thought the plot was going to be a bit more fast paced than it was. I just really couldn’t get into this one. I loved The Silent Patient, but don’t intend to finish The Fury.

Really did not care for this. Could not feel affectionately toward the narrator. No, I couldn’t predict the plot twists, but I also did not have the buy-in to want to think ahead in the first place.

Thanks for the ARC Netgalley! I tried reading this one on my app but kept losing interest, so I switched to audio via Spotify. The narration was awesome and I became much more enthralled. I’m not as obsessed with Michaelides “The Silent Patient” as most - I found it to be a solid thriller but not out of this world. I feel the same about his latest.

Elliot Chase, our narrator, becomes entangled with the Hollywood crowd surrounding movie star Lana Farrar. He’s invited to her private Greek island along with a small group of A listers. But this vacation devolves to murder and nothing’s quite what it seems.

I love an unreliable narrator and Elliot certainly fits the bill. The characters are all unlikeable and rich, which is always a fun ingredient for a thriller. Michaelides writing is very atmospheric - and unique, as I feel like most locked room thrillers are set in wintery climates. I can see this being an amazing tv show (please cast Richard E. Grant as Elliot, I beg of you! It’s all I pictured while reading it) due to dual timelines. I recommend this on audio, a solid but forgettable thriller.

✨Trigger Warnings: Murder, Infidelity, Toxic Friendship, Suicidal Thoughts, Child Abuse, Animal Death

3.5 stars

Liked! Didn't love. This book has all the makings of a great mystery but it just didn't hit quite as hard for me as the authors other book, The Silent Patient. Few of the twists and turns were all that surprising, but I still have a good time moving through them. The writing itself was compelling and well done even if some of the plot and pacing was a touch off. Overall enjoyed.

I loved the narrator in this story. The way they tell the story is really captivating. I didn’t want to put it down. I kept reading one more chapter, which is super easy considering most of the chapters are under 2 pages (my favourite kind of chapters)

I did enjoyed the plot, there are many turns in here but none of them shocking me, I think I may have went into this one with bigger expectations because of how much I loved the silent patient. I think this one made me realize I’m not a huge “unreliable narrator” lover. it was an interesting read but definitely not what I thought it was going to be! There was no part that made me stop and gasp and that’s what I went into it looking forward to, the thrill but nonetheless I still enjoyed it!

I do recommend you make your own opinions, it, but I did enjoy all the characters, the narrator was a little messy and the storyline as well. but I wouldn’t necessarily call this a thriller, I just didn’t vibe as much as I wanted to

O, this book. I really wanted to love this book but it didn't do it for me.

I enjoyed The Silent Patient by the same author and have The Maidens on my shelf to read so when the opportunity presented itself to read Alex Michaelides new book, I jumped at the chance.

I'm struggling a bit to put into words why this one was a miss for me. It had all the makings of a 5 star read, twists and turns, surprises, unreliable narrator, but I struggled to get through it and at times felt bored.

What I did enjoy, the different Acts, and how we learned the narrators back story. I appreciated getting the history of the narrator with Lana and how we got to where we were. I also enjoyed that at the end of each act there was a surprise or a twist that pulled you in for the next part.

I struggled with the narrator point of view though, how they were able to share details that didn't take place with them present. For example Lana and Kate's conversation when Lana learned information about Elliot. It felt misleading that the narrator knew what they were talking about. The story seems to go back and forth from third person to first person on a whim. I would also have liked more details around Lana and Jason's relationship and how she confronted him. What happened to everyone at the end? The ending didn't really close the loop for me.

I appreciate the opportunity to read and review this book. Thank you Netgalley.

The Fury takes the unreliable narrator trope to the extreme, hitting the reader over the head with every new revelation the narrator happened to leave out. While Michaelides has a true gift for drawing you in and making the action of his novels feel so real, this one felt too convoluted and a better novel is buried under the endless unnecessary twists. He might've felt pressure to follow up the brilliant Silent Patient -- a gripping story not without it's own plot holes -- and I found myself wishing he'd written the page-turner mystery glimpsed throughout. Worth a casual vacation read, but not much else.

I really enjoyed this book. It was different than anything else I've read recently. I couldn't put it down! I will keep an eye out for this author's future work!

As one of my first reads of 2024, I was excited about this book. I know it’s a tall order to expect a book on the same level of The Silent Patient, but I did. This one just didn’t deliver for me in part because Elliott was such an unlikeable character. I did also struggle with the slow pace of this book. This was still a decent book - just not the 5-star read I had hoped.

Excellent mystery set opulently. Twisty and full of surprises with an excellent narrator leaving you to retrace your steps to understand what you just witnessed.

As always Alex Michaelides has some of the best psychological twists and turns in a book. It had a slow start but one that I feel was made up with once you start to learn more and more about each character. It was exciting getting to unravel parts of the story that were left open to begin with, and to see it all finally come together, then have it unravel all over again. Well done. And I always love the tie back in with Theo!

I loved The Silent Patient, and I was so excited to receive The Fury as an ARC. I wanted to love this one but sadly, it did not hook me the way that The Silent Patient Did. The book recounts the story of a retired movie star who invites a small group of friends to spend Easter on her private island in Greece. It seems like the perfect getaway...until one of the guests is found dead.

The Good: The author does a wonderful job building the atmosphere and transporting the reader to the idyllic Greek island where the majority of the novel's action takes place. The glitz and glamor of Lana Farrar is intriguing, I loved the idea of a whodunnit on a remote island with all the suspects trapped together. Ultimately though, this brings me to The Bad: I didn't truly care about any of the characters, including Lana. The story is told from the perspective of Elliot Chase, Lana's closest friend and confidante. I found Elliot to be pretty insufferable, as he was constantly taking you out of the main action of the story to give you some background or exposition. He kept teasing the action of the story but took so long to get to it that I found myself skimming passages just so I could get to the point already.

The ending did bring me back in, and I thought the twists were well-earned and satisfying. I would recommend this book, but definitely don't expect The Silent Patient 2.0.

An entertaining read in the classic mystery/who done it genre that keeps you guessing until the end. Recommend.

'The Fury' by Alex Michaelides is a book you'll love or hate. Great premise, great seeing, but not particularly enjoyable characters or execution (for me). However, if you like the unreliable narrator style it will be a fave.

A return to the highest form. Like most people, I loved The Silent Patient and hated The Maidens. The Fury is not quite as dark and twisty as The Silent Patient. It reads like Talented Mr. Ripley in Greece. The narrator is inexplicably heterosexual but comes off as a distant, snide commentator on the rarified group he moves in. I love the setting in the Cyclades. I love the overlapping perspectives in narration. I really really love it