11.9k reviews for:

FURIJA

Alex Michaelides, Alex Michaelides

3.34 AVERAGE

alisonwroby's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pbeik612's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

geopeep's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

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I have enjoyed the author's previous books.  This one felt... dated and really just kind of meh.  

ah0284's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sou_thesun's review against another edition

2.0

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a bit disappointing really. This had so much potential but it was painfully slow and so messy. We’re promised a gripping tale since the first page but it just keeps going back in time, it was overkill.
Also, the major spoiler for the silent patient in the epilogue was so uncalled for?? felt like fan service to me

anniebannani7's review against another edition

2.0

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as a regular novel i would rate this a 3 star but as a thriller/mystery it just didn’t really work for me. i predicted most of the “twists” which just seemed very obvious to me and it felt like nothing really happened until the last 50 pages. it was an easy read and i enjoyed the writing but that’s about all i liked, unfortunately.

kelsimlloyd's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny mysterious

jgav_13's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cdyer1025's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marg_linc's review against another edition

3.0

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I have mixed feelings about this one. It was an extremely quick read, but I did not find it all that compelling. From the get-go I found Elliot to be EXTREMELY annoying. My tolerance for pseudo-intellectual artistic type men is limited (even in fiction, apparently).
It also required me to suspend a ton of disbelief throughout (like... how could elliot possibly know what kate and lana said to each other when he wasn't there, or what they were all thinking, etc.), but that didn't bother me too much.

Spoiler

i was pretty sure elliot was responsible for lana's death like 70 pages in because of how unsettling he is

i'm sure he wasn't written to be likable but MAN he was annoying. and creepy!!!
anyways, i didn't love this, but i have already found myself recommending it to library patrons. quick, odd read overall. i do LOVE the cover though.