A review by bookboxbabe
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

*thank you netgalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review*

i don’t really know where to begin here. 

i enjoyed it…kind of? i love the way this story had an unreliable narrator and how it had different time jumps and twists that made it feel a bit like whiplash. but there were so many little things that annoyed me.

starting off, i didn’t like the ending. endings are what make or break thrillers for me and unfortunately, it’s what broke this for me. the several twists that were thrown it felt like they were cheap and just to throw the reader for a loop but didn’t care enough to actually flesh anything more out. like,
oh kate was actually acting, oh this was a ploy, etc. it felt almost as cheap as the “everything was a dream” plot device. made me detached from the characters.

second, elliot annoyed the hell out of me. i get he’s supposed to because he’s the narrator and the bad guy here but like, he just was awful. there was nothing that ever made me root for him even before the plan was revealed. i wanted him to just shut up and get on with it. kate was pretty annoying too, but she was slightly more redeemable


lastly, i just didn’t like how long this was. and it’s not even that long. one of the twists was revealed at like 50% and the last half just felt like there were things there just to pad out a full length book. 

the epilogue is also a spoiler for the silent patient (his books always tie back there) so don’t read this yet if you haven’t read the silent patient (which i do recommend, highly)

overall, this was a disappointment as someone that has read and liked alex’s other two books.
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