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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Audiobook-
2 stars is generous, this book is a mess.
First off, I despise Elliott and don’t really care for any of the other characters. They’re spoiled and boring, there’s nothing there for me, and the whole plot/reveal is just silly. So Michaedilis needs to mess with the timeline and narration to obfuscate that there’s just nothing there, and if I liked any of the characters I’d have been invested. Instead I’m just waiting for a complete dud of a reveal, and oh man was it a dud. Whatever, got me through the work day, but not a strong showing- The Silent Patient required similar timeline tricks but was at least interesting, this is just nonsense.
2 stars is generous, this book is a mess.
First off, I despise Elliott and don’t really care for any of the other characters. They’re spoiled and boring, there’s nothing there for me, and the whole plot/reveal is just silly. So Michaedilis needs to mess with the timeline and narration to obfuscate that there’s just nothing there, and if I liked any of the characters I’d have been invested. Instead I’m just waiting for a complete dud of a reveal, and oh man was it a dud. Whatever, got me through the work day, but not a strong showing- The Silent Patient required similar timeline tricks but was at least interesting, this is just nonsense.
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Entertaining, yes, but the story never quite grabbed me. The set up was fantastic and I was ready to be completely sucked in--the ending didn't exactly match the tension and build up. I still enjoyed the twists and turns and ever changing plot, I just always wanted a bit more. I loved the setting and the fact that it had the whole And Then There Were None feel... I'd like to read his other books; from what I've heard, they have more of a psychological thriller vibe.
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to Netgallery for giving me an early arc copy of The Fury by Alex Michaelides. This book will officially be published on January sixteenth in 2024.
The fury was one of my most anticipated releases of next year! Elliot is a excellent narrator, the way he shows and talks about the characters are interesting, the way he tries to get into their heads and predict how they’d react and interact in different settings/situations from a writers standpoint was fascinating.
I feel that Alex Michaelides writing compared to when he wrote Silent Patient shows he has made an improvement, I loved Silent Patient that ending was a surprise however I wasn’t particularly fond of any of the characters aside from Alicia, when we were learning more about the characters from Silent Patient it felt a bit tedious and slow. The characters were written out well, they were flawed just like our characters from The Fury but I couldn’t find myself caring about any of them particularly.
The Fury however I felt hooked from the beginning, the characters here have a bit more dept to them. I liked all of characters from this book, Lana’s character is beautifully written, she has to be my favorite out of all them. The story does have a slow build up until anything major happens but I didn’t mind it since I found the characters to be rather likable.
The ending, while surprising was just a bit disappointing to me, I wasn’t satisfied with it with how it played out at all, I was hoping for it to go one way but it went in a completely different direction then what I was hoping for.
The fury was one of my most anticipated releases of next year! Elliot is a excellent narrator, the way he shows and talks about the characters are interesting, the way he tries to get into their heads and predict how they’d react and interact in different settings/situations from a writers standpoint was fascinating.
I feel that Alex Michaelides writing compared to when he wrote Silent Patient shows he has made an improvement, I loved Silent Patient that ending was a surprise however I wasn’t particularly fond of any of the characters aside from Alicia, when we were learning more about the characters from Silent Patient it felt a bit tedious and slow. The characters were written out well, they were flawed just like our characters from The Fury but I couldn’t find myself caring about any of them particularly.
The Fury however I felt hooked from the beginning, the characters here have a bit more dept to them. I liked all of characters from this book, Lana’s character is beautifully written, she has to be my favorite out of all them. The story does have a slow build up until anything major happens but I didn’t mind it since I found the characters to be rather likable.
The ending, while surprising was just a bit disappointing to me, I wasn’t satisfied with it with how it played out at all, I was hoping for it to go one way but it went in a completely different direction then what I was hoping for.
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5 stars. Alex Michaelides’ newest is a blend of Knives Out: Glass Onion and If We Were Villains, and its length perfectly matches the story. Michaelides has a particular niche of unreliable narrator, and while he pulls it off very well, I’ve come to expect the unexpected with him.
The audiobook’s narrator Alex Jennings could not have been a more perfect pick for this. His voice matches the tone you’d read the book in, and brings a lot of life into it.
While this doesn’t feel like anything strikingly new or refreshing (it definitely gives recycled Silent Patient and The Maidens), it’s a fun murder mystery with an interesting narrator and a great audiobook version.
The audiobook’s narrator Alex Jennings could not have been a more perfect pick for this. His voice matches the tone you’d read the book in, and brings a lot of life into it.
While this doesn’t feel like anything strikingly new or refreshing (it definitely gives recycled Silent Patient and The Maidens), it’s a fun murder mystery with an interesting narrator and a great audiobook version.
