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nyeran's review
2.0
- “Delilah, i want to craft a rattle for our child from his vertebrae.”
- “Well, that's...colorful.”
✿ Io so gia che Delilah è stata scambiata e lo sa anche lei. Lo sa anche Gallagher. Lo sapeva pure sua madre. Quindi perché mi ammorbi con i capitoli di Rebecca? Per farmi sapere che è stata lei a scambiare le bambine? E sticazzi? Che mi importa ai fini della storia? Ma fammi vedere gli effetti del reaping, fammi vedere i pov dei criptidi che sono stati perseguitati, rinchiusi e uccisi, no le sue stupidaggine.
✿ Non contenta mi fai aspettare fino a pagina 150 per far accadere qualcosa di vagamente interessante e mi dai un mistero talmente palese che non è più un mistero perché tutto sta succedendo esattamente come nel 86, dopo che ti hanno fatto vedere che i collari di Vandekaamp venivano usati nelle prigioni di stato e che la loro fuga li ha disattivati liberando criptidi e/o surrogati. Questi surrogati sono tutti uguali, stanno cercando di creare un secondo reaping e la furia nel corpo di Delilah sta uccidendo uomini che hanno lo stesso identico aspetto. Quando finalmente fanno 1+1+1 Delilah decide di fare un grande spettacolo uccidendo tutti questi surrogati insieme, davanti ad una folla di umani così che possano vedere che loro sono dalla loro parte e non sono il nemico.
✿ Non c'è un solo mondo alternativo dove questa idea funzionerebbe. Tanto più che voi vivete in America (che è un paese del cazzo), dove la gente comune è libera di girare e possedere fucili d'assalto, mitragliatrici e bombe a mano. Dove ci sono state situazioni – adesso e nel 86 – dove persone sono andate in giro a giustiziare quelli come voi per strada. In una società che uccide i criptidi a vista, imprigiona e uccide bambini, fa gli esperimenti su di loro, li tortura e li schiavizza pensi che le persone reagirebbero bene ad una cosa del genere? Non pensi che la cosa li spaventerebbe ancora di più? E infatti immagino succeda proprio così perché alla fine la situazione è talmente vaga che non si sa com'è. Gallagher e Alina sono al parco e tu pensi che forse le cose sono migliorate visto che sono in un luogo pubblico in pieno giorno, salvo poi dirti che lui ha mascherato il suo aspetto per sembrare umano. Quindi lui rischia ancora la vita? Quindi non è cambiato nulla? Gli altri che fine hanno fatto, non si sa, non c'è una conclusione per nessuno di loro.
Inoltre dobbiamo credere nel cuore delle carte e accettare che Delilah sia riuscita ad uccidere tutti i surrogati. Lei ovviamente muore, ma non è tanto il fatto che muoia a dar fastidio, è il fatto che la sua morte passa come se niente fosse successo, quella di Rebecca è quasi più sentita.
- “Well, that's...colorful.”
✿ Io so gia che Delilah è stata scambiata e lo sa anche lei. Lo sa anche Gallagher. Lo sapeva pure sua madre. Quindi perché mi ammorbi con i capitoli di Rebecca? Per farmi sapere che è stata lei a scambiare le bambine? E sticazzi? Che mi importa ai fini della storia? Ma fammi vedere gli effetti del reaping, fammi vedere i pov dei criptidi che sono stati perseguitati, rinchiusi e uccisi, no le sue stupidaggine.
✿ Non contenta mi fai aspettare fino a pagina 150 per far accadere qualcosa di vagamente interessante e mi dai un mistero talmente palese che non è più un mistero perché tutto sta succedendo esattamente come nel 86, dopo che ti hanno fatto vedere che i collari di Vandekaamp venivano usati nelle prigioni di stato e che la loro fuga li ha disattivati liberando criptidi e/o surrogati. Questi surrogati sono tutti uguali, stanno cercando di creare un secondo reaping e la furia nel corpo di Delilah sta uccidendo uomini che hanno lo stesso identico aspetto. Quando finalmente fanno 1+1+1 Delilah decide di fare un grande spettacolo uccidendo tutti questi surrogati insieme, davanti ad una folla di umani così che possano vedere che loro sono dalla loro parte e non sono il nemico.
✿ Non c'è un solo mondo alternativo dove questa idea funzionerebbe. Tanto più che voi vivete in America (che è un paese del cazzo), dove la gente comune è libera di girare e possedere fucili d'assalto, mitragliatrici e bombe a mano. Dove ci sono state situazioni – adesso e nel 86 – dove persone sono andate in giro a giustiziare quelli come voi per strada. In una società che uccide i criptidi a vista, imprigiona e uccide bambini, fa gli esperimenti su di loro, li tortura e li schiavizza pensi che le persone reagirebbero bene ad una cosa del genere? Non pensi che la cosa li spaventerebbe ancora di più? E infatti immagino succeda proprio così perché alla fine la situazione è talmente vaga che non si sa com'è. Gallagher e Alina sono al parco e tu pensi che forse le cose sono migliorate visto che sono in un luogo pubblico in pieno giorno, salvo poi dirti che lui ha mascherato il suo aspetto per sembrare umano. Quindi lui rischia ancora la vita? Quindi non è cambiato nulla? Gli altri che fine hanno fatto, non si sa, non c'è una conclusione per nessuno di loro.
Inoltre dobbiamo credere nel cuore delle carte e accettare che Delilah sia riuscita ad uccidere tutti i surrogati. Lei ovviamente muore, ma non è tanto il fatto che muoia a dar fastidio, è il fatto che la sua morte passa come se niente fosse successo, quella di Rebecca è quasi più sentita.
amybraunauthor's review against another edition
4.0
Not what I expected, and yet oddly satisfying, the end of the MENAGERIE trilogy will not be for everyone. Yet I still found myself enjoying this final book of what has been an emotional and twist-filled ride.
FURY continues a few months after SPECTACLE as a heavily pregnant Delilah and her friends unravel the last mysteries of her existence.
Delilah continues to be a compassionate and loving character who wants the best for her friends and family. She goes above and beyond to do the right thing, no matter how hard it is. Gallagher continues to be a fierce and loyal companion, putting Delilah above everyone else.
Like previous books, FURY has more twists and surprises, especially at the end, and the dual timeline made for a unique perspective on the past. That said, not every plot hole was filled, and I noted some inconsistencies that could have been tended to.
I also don’t know how to feel about the ending. While it made sense in terms of overall arcs, it may be divisive for other readers.
An overall fresh, if emotionally heavy book, FURY will be for readers who want a story about past mistakes, connections, mystery and sacrifice.
FURY continues a few months after SPECTACLE as a heavily pregnant Delilah and her friends unravel the last mysteries of her existence.
Delilah continues to be a compassionate and loving character who wants the best for her friends and family. She goes above and beyond to do the right thing, no matter how hard it is. Gallagher continues to be a fierce and loyal companion, putting Delilah above everyone else.
Like previous books, FURY has more twists and surprises, especially at the end, and the dual timeline made for a unique perspective on the past. That said, not every plot hole was filled, and I noted some inconsistencies that could have been tended to.
I also don’t know how to feel about the ending. While it made sense in terms of overall arcs, it may be divisive for other readers.
An overall fresh, if emotionally heavy book, FURY will be for readers who want a story about past mistakes, connections, mystery and sacrifice.
amym84's review
5.0
4.5
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
August 24, 1986—fourteen-year-old Rebecca Essig decided to come home early from a sleepover. It is the day she discovered two of her younger siblings brutally murdered, the act apparently committed by her parents. As the tragedy begins to unfold in the news and on television, Rebecca realizes, besides an unknown number of six years olds, she is one of the only survivors.
August 24, 1986 is the day of the Reaping. The day that changed everything between cryptids and humans.
In present day, pregnant Delilah Marlow, Gallagher, and the rest of the escapees from Vandekamp’s Savage Spectacle are on the run. Hiding out trying to find and rescue other survivors from the Spectacle, all while contending with rising tensions after a series of brutal massacres begin happening throughout the country and humans look to place blame on the cryptids.
The time has come for Delilah Marlow to play her true role in the war between humans and cryptids. The reason why the furiae, Justice, chose her, and it’s all tied up in Delilah’s past.
Time and again, Rachel Vincent has utterly surprised me in terms of the road this series has travelled and that is still certainly the case with Fury. Alternating between 1986 and present day, there’s really a sense of everything coming full-circle, not just in terms of Delilah’s story arc, but with that of the persecuted cryptids, it’s all intrinsically linked. I loved the unfolding of the mystery of the 1986 Reaping from Rebecca’s perspective. Seeing the moments when fear got the better of people and that, in turn, leading to things like the Menagerie and Spectacle. It also makes you equally wonder if society can ever come back from the Reaping. Can people ever heal and move forward?
I’m a little on the fence in all the ways Delilah’s (and subsequently the other cryptids with her) story is wrapped up. It’s not a book that gives everything to the reader in a nice, neat package with a bow for sure, but then again, that’s never really been the tone of this series in the first place. But there were definitely some story threads that crossed over from Spectacle (i.e. the big change in the Delilah and Gallagher relationship and everything that surrounds that certain event) that I felt like they were just checked off a to-do list. Most of the focus is put on Delilah figuring out what role she, and the furiae, play in everything.
I did like how said role hearkens back to the very beginning of the series making it feel very organic in the way it unfolds. I’ve appreciated that it never felt like Rachel Vincent held back in this series, from showing the beautiful and grotesque, as well as the disturbing and painful, she was never afraid to take risks or sacrifice and that is especially true with Fury. It’s definitely been a book and series that I’ve kept thinking about long after I’ve finished reading.
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club
August 24, 1986—fourteen-year-old Rebecca Essig decided to come home early from a sleepover. It is the day she discovered two of her younger siblings brutally murdered, the act apparently committed by her parents. As the tragedy begins to unfold in the news and on television, Rebecca realizes, besides an unknown number of six years olds, she is one of the only survivors.
August 24, 1986 is the day of the Reaping. The day that changed everything between cryptids and humans.
In present day, pregnant Delilah Marlow, Gallagher, and the rest of the escapees from Vandekamp’s Savage Spectacle are on the run. Hiding out trying to find and rescue other survivors from the Spectacle, all while contending with rising tensions after a series of brutal massacres begin happening throughout the country and humans look to place blame on the cryptids.
The time has come for Delilah Marlow to play her true role in the war between humans and cryptids. The reason why the furiae, Justice, chose her, and it’s all tied up in Delilah’s past.
Time and again, Rachel Vincent has utterly surprised me in terms of the road this series has travelled and that is still certainly the case with Fury. Alternating between 1986 and present day, there’s really a sense of everything coming full-circle, not just in terms of Delilah’s story arc, but with that of the persecuted cryptids, it’s all intrinsically linked. I loved the unfolding of the mystery of the 1986 Reaping from Rebecca’s perspective. Seeing the moments when fear got the better of people and that, in turn, leading to things like the Menagerie and Spectacle. It also makes you equally wonder if society can ever come back from the Reaping. Can people ever heal and move forward?
I’m a little on the fence in all the ways Delilah’s (and subsequently the other cryptids with her) story is wrapped up. It’s not a book that gives everything to the reader in a nice, neat package with a bow for sure, but then again, that’s never really been the tone of this series in the first place. But there were definitely some story threads that crossed over from Spectacle (i.e. the big change in the Delilah and Gallagher relationship and everything that surrounds that certain event) that I felt like they were just checked off a to-do list. Most of the focus is put on Delilah figuring out what role she, and the furiae, play in everything.
I did like how said role hearkens back to the very beginning of the series making it feel very organic in the way it unfolds. I’ve appreciated that it never felt like Rachel Vincent held back in this series, from showing the beautiful and grotesque, as well as the disturbing and painful, she was never afraid to take risks or sacrifice and that is especially true with Fury. It’s definitely been a book and series that I’ve kept thinking about long after I’ve finished reading.
gilmoremk's review against another edition
4.0
The second storyline carried this book, since the series characters were kinda just living domestic lives and not really doing much that was exciting. It was great to finally get the story of the reaping and hear how it all started, and I wish I could have read even more of that. The ending was unexpected, and wrapped up a bit quickly, but it wasn't a bad way to tie off the series.
thecraftynene's review against another edition
4.0
I had to knock off a star because the gang never fulfilled their promises of finding the others and the ending was a sad disappointment.
timitra's review against another edition
4.0
I loved how the blurb sounded so I requested Fury not realizing it was the third book in a trilogy until I started reading it. However,that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the story in fact I was surprised at how easily I was able to follow along and how emotionally invested I was in these characters. I didn't expect to be that affected by it because I hadn't read the previous books but I was, I so was and still am, my heart aches over some of the things that went down in this book. I wish some things hadn't gone down the way they had but I enjoyed it nonetheless and look forward to going back to the beginning.
ARC provided by publisher through Net Galley
ARC provided by publisher through Net Galley
kailina's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
fjordic's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Slower than the others but ultimately a satisfying ending.
torisaur's review
2.0
Kinda felt like I waited the whole book for the story to start, then it all happened in a 25 page rush at the end.
billies_not_so_secret_diary's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fury
by Rachel Vincent
Menagerie #3
Fantasy Dark Urban Paranormal
Hoopla Audio
18+
Over nine months pregnant, Delilah and the few cryptids who had run with her are hiding in a cabin, but they are still trying to find the rest of their group after their escape from The Savage Spectacle. Those who could pass as human go into town for news and supplies. But with each passing trip, the news becomes more concerning as humans die, then the similarity of the Reaping begins to show, as does Delilah's connection to it.
The third and final book of the series is a mix between the past and what happened to Rebecca Essig during the Reaping, and the present with Delilah and her friends as it appears the Reaping has begun again, but this time Delilah and her group are accused of the murders.
Violence and the disturbing 'what ifs' are only suitable for 'not too sensitive' readers over eighteen, but it is a great story/series.
4 Stars
by Rachel Vincent
Menagerie #3
Fantasy Dark Urban Paranormal
Hoopla Audio
18+
Over nine months pregnant, Delilah and the few cryptids who had run with her are hiding in a cabin, but they are still trying to find the rest of their group after their escape from The Savage Spectacle. Those who could pass as human go into town for news and supplies. But with each passing trip, the news becomes more concerning as humans die, then the similarity of the Reaping begins to show, as does Delilah's connection to it.
The third and final book of the series is a mix between the past and what happened to Rebecca Essig during the Reaping, and the present with Delilah and her friends as it appears the Reaping has begun again, but this time Delilah and her group are accused of the murders.
Violence and the disturbing 'what ifs' are only suitable for 'not too sensitive' readers over eighteen, but it is a great story/series.
4 Stars