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Fúria by Salman Rushdie

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abirdsall's review against another edition

3.0

Excellent prose as expected; a confused, unsatisfying, slightly rushed ending

I read this book without knowing it was on the 1001 books to read that I do not know. It's a mixture of genres that brushes all situations through the demons of a man suddenly grappling with an outburst of madness. Even though there are good times, whether erotic or humorous, the whole thing is very confusing.

gveldhuizen's review against another edition

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5.0

Fantastisch boek. Zo goed beschreven hoe dieperliggende Woede vroeg of laat opduikt, ongecontroleerd, tot je in staat bent het te verwerken. Wanneer je hier in je leven niet mee te maken hebt, is het boek misschien minder herkenbaar en niet zo te begrijpen. Het was mijn eerste boek van Rushdie, en de Rushdiaanse elementen als mythisch en fantasie vermengd met werkelijkheid zitten hier ook in. En bij mij smaakt het naar meer.

renatasnacks's review against another edition

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4.0

I had kind of low expectations for this book, mostly because I'd never heard of it before and the summary on the back of the cover didn't sound that great. (Obviously not the most valid reasons for judging a book, but there you go.) But Rushdie's writing is amazing, even if I didn't like this as much as I liked Midnight's Children. But something can be not as good as Midnight's Children and still be great.

grise's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

the_naptime_reader's review against another edition

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2.0

Remember that scene in Bridget Jones' diary when she is instructed by her boss "Mr. Titspervert" to introduce him at the launch party. Bridget stands up on stage and stumbles through a terrible speech. She says something like "Kafka's Motorbike, the greatest book of our time" She then looks out and sees Rushdie and says something to the extent of, "Your books aren't bad either"

Well all this to say that as I read this book, I found myself feeling like Bridget, awkward and stumbling through. Rushdie must set the record for the number of allusions in his writing to Greek mythology, philosopy, pop culture, etc. Which is fine as it fully engages your brain, but also has you scrambling to google things. The mood of this book is defintely dark and depressing, and perhaps I was not in the right mood to read it.

This is defintely outside the range of what I would normally read, so I was glad for the stretch. I appreciate the skill with which Rushdie writes, but it was a little much for me.

deea_bks's review against another edition

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2.0

While reading the first chapters of this book, I felt like highlighting every line. The sentences were so nicely constructed and the turn of phrases made each line delightful. I thought the whole book would be like this, but it wasn't.
This is not my first Rushdie and ever since I read "Shalimar the Clown" (my first book by Rushdie) which was amazing, I hoped that I would find at least one of his books as good as this one. So far, I haven't. Not even "Midnight Children" was at the height of my expectations (It was a very good book, but at some points also very annoying).
Fury starts like a masterpiece and turns into a total crap. I try to finish all the books I start as I truly think there must be something good in them, something that I would enjoy, and I also got through all this book, but it was quite an effort to be attentive until the end. If it weren't for the beginning which was quite striking, I wouldn't give this book 2 stars.