Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

28 reviews

chloecam's review against another edition

dark slow-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

1.0

put me into a reading slump - unfortunately not for me and i thought i would love it as i'm in the acting industry so know a lot of the references, but o mg did it drag and sometimes i can deal with an unreliable narrator but holy moly this was next level. I did not care about any of the characters and the final twists had me rolling my eyes i was actually so frustrated at the whole big
so sorry to the author lol 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

brep23's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking and Child abuse

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

emma_sky's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gun violence

lecheshakey's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Murder

mylittlehappynook's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Gun violence, Trafficking, Murder, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thought this was quite the thriller. You realize it’s an unreliable narrator and you’re not hearing the truth so the whole time you’re trying to figure out what actually happened. It was excellent and kept me glued to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

acrosstheskyinstars's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

The book you think you're going to get going in is absolutely not the book delivered, but it's a wild ride. Nothing you can't see coming, but if you love dark themes with terrible people who are wildly unpredictable narrators, then this might be the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual violence

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I know any time I read Michaelides there is an epic twist coming but I did not realize how deep he would go. This was excellent. A fast paced, mind bending read from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Violence

erikajosephison's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Didn't enjoy as much as the Silent Patient - but it was good as far as thrillers go. The author is excellent at writing unreliable, morally-grey narrators and that makes all of the books a little more fun - to try to determine if the person telling the story is telling the truth. The twist was alright, though fairly predictable.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Classism, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship