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A fúria by Alex Michaelides

115 reviews

soph_e_c's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

uphorikbooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

timlucier's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I have to give the Fury a few marks:

• EXCELLENT cover art. Really drew me in.
• I really appreciated Michaelides' humorous writing style and his prose- particularly at the beginning when speaking of the wind on the Greek isles.
• Certainly an interesting twist on an Agatha Christie-like tale... Reminiscent of the Glass Onion in a few ways.  As a theatre person I appreciate that actors and writers dominated the story and spoke of their situations like a play.. Originally, I loved that Elliott "imagined" the other's scenes, truly my first time seeing an unreliable omniscient narrator.

Now then: I have to say for a book that I was sucked into from the first page, I really felt let down by the end.  I enjoyed none of the characters, (especially not the protagonist, but maybe that was the point.) I found the story heavy on the British characters and storyline from home and light on the Greek influence, which I expected more of from the cover art, description, and author's name.

Halfway through the book, I was ready for it to end.  Certainly, there are some fun twists but altogether I just found them a bit depressing to read rather than witty.  I was glad it was relatively short.  All in all, a good set up but I can't help but feel it was not for me by the end- definite nosedive.

I listened to the audiobook and found Alex Jennings to be a good reader - though I will contradict other reviewers and say I did not find his "Greek accented" characters to sound particularly Greek.  Not a big deal, but saw other reviewers praise it and.... Have to disagree.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

iridescentdreams's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

joensign's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.0

I feel like the non-linear storyline didn’t work because there wasn’t a big enough twist. Which honestly, I should’ve expected because Elliott is constantly telling us that he’s a bad writer so. That’s on me really for not believing him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, and Stalking

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, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Stalking

maziemouse's review against another edition

3.0

I think this was the first draft of Glass Onion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

astoriareader's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

SYNOPSIS

• A group of people are on a private island in Greece, and someone is murdered. Who was killed? Why were they killed? Who murdered them? 

MY THOUGHTS

• This is my least favorite so far of the three books by this author.
• I really hated the narration style, where often times, the narrator is addressing the readers directly. 
• The flow & pacing was uneven.
• Lots of unlikable characters.
• Atmospheric setting.
• Felt like a soap opera. 
• Ending was mehhh.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️atmospheric read, but overall, just meh. Odd narration style.

Thanks to Celadon Books and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book is out now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Blood