A review by maggers94
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

I seem to be on a kick of insufferable narrators. Elliot drove me nuts for much of the book. He's admittedly unreliable, and drags the unraveling of his story all out to the extreme. The story is told in acts and the first few acts felt repetitive and slow, so I had a hard time getting myself to want to pick up and continue. The last two acts were the most exciting, but they also felt somewhat dragged out. It just felt like Elliot's personal commentary took up so much of the book in comparison to the actual plot or events happening that I felt disconnected from the story he was actually supposed to be telling, and his digressions about his inner child weren't particularly compelling enough for me to care much for him as a character.  I think the plot had potential, I just wasn't a huge fan of how it was executed. It was overall just an okay read for me.