A review by noranaziz
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

adventurous dark mysterious 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

final rating: 4/5 🧿

thank you to alex michaelides and celadon books for this awesome arc!!

gather around, ladies and gentlemen, for i have a confession to make. a very small one—nothing too drastic:

this wasn’t as good as the silent patient.

now, now, settle down. i’m sure you’ve heard this already from the others who’ve read this before me. i know what you must be thinking—“but this is a completely different book!”—and yes, i wholeheartedly agree with you. but let me add a footnote:

this seemed like it was written by a completely different author.

there, i said it. the bare truth, laid out before you. i am not one to lie to appease you all. and before you get all defensive—different does not equal bad. it was just… a new scent. unusual, but not displeasing.

allow me to put it into perspective: the silent patient—an amazing book, might i add—could be compared to the smell of freshly baked cookies. simply divine. now, on the other hand, we have those same cookies—but left out cooling in the kitchen for a day. the scent still heavenly, but not the same.

and that, my dear readers, is the fury.

where it proves itself to be a worthy thriller, the uneven pacing and confusing perspectives turns its once fresh scent stale. i must admit, it took me quite some time to fully get into the nitty gritty of the plot, for the details bored me—but once i got up that slope, it was all smooth sailing from there. for the rest of the book, up until the very last section, it kept me on the edge of my seat. 

that was, until the major spoiler for the silent patient. 

i must say, i do appreciate the nod, i really do. but to those of you who haven’t read the silent patient yet, i suggest you do so before reading this. you’ll thank me later.

and with that, it’s time to depart into another storybook adventure. until next time :)