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A review by navsy
Fury by Shirley Marr
3.0
I don’t how to put all these emotions I’m feeling right now into words. This book seriously took me by surprise and in a good way. I wasn’t expecting much when I picked up this book. I thought it was good when I started it but mid-way I think it lost some of its touch.
So this is a book about a spoiled-brat and rich girl and her friends and a crime they committed. She is someone who you would call a snob, someone who thinks the world revolves around her and is really really mean. But well, the story doesn’t make you hate her. You realize that behind all her smart-ass replies and her trash-shallow-talks, she is actually quite broken.
What I really like about this book is how we see every character through a person’s eyes and how we start judging them a certain way but then the same person, the same protagonist, opens up your eyes and makes you look at the same characters in a different light.
This book isn’t predictable. It did go out of ways sometimes and I think some things were just additional, like Elle’s detention and her working in the cafeteria seemed unimportant to me, but overall it was a good read. At one point, I was seriously annoyed cause of the turn of events. I don’t even understand why Elle kept on putting the blame on Ella. It was pointless but I guess that’s the point, right? When you’re stuck up and blamed guilty for someone’s murder, you just have to protect yourself and blame it on someone else, right?
Initially I had many guesses of the person that was actually murdered but I couldn’t really think of a good enough reason. Later, you find out who was murdered but it’s not like you’ve guessed something big, the author wants you to know who it is.
I think their actions were justified. I think what they did was right. Standing up for themselves and teaching a lesson. It wasn’t their fault that it took a wrong turn of events. That said, I do hold a few grudges against the author.
I wish there was a better description of Elle. I always like imagining a face to the character I’m reading about. You keep on reading the book but you get no clear idea of how she looks. It was towards the end that I realized that she was a red-head with green eyes oh and I’m hoping I’m right with the guessing. Other than that I wish there was more on Neil.
Also, the relationship between Marianne and Eliza was somewhat confusing. It seemed real but I wish there was more background info. I wanted to know why Elle thought she was the boss or why Marianne never said anything when Elle claimed that she was the leader. What was it all about?
I liked how Elle and her issues with her mother were portrayed in the story. I liked how thing ended. I think something got stuck in my eye during the end, what else would explain the blurriness through which I read the last few pages?
So, how should I rate it? I guess it’s a 3.5 star for me.
So this is a book about a spoiled-brat and rich girl and her friends and a crime they committed. She is someone who you would call a snob, someone who thinks the world revolves around her and is really really mean. But well, the story doesn’t make you hate her. You realize that behind all her smart-ass replies and her trash-shallow-talks, she is actually quite broken.
What I really like about this book is how we see every character through a person’s eyes and how we start judging them a certain way but then the same person, the same protagonist, opens up your eyes and makes you look at the same characters in a different light.
This book isn’t predictable. It did go out of ways sometimes and I think some things were just additional, like Elle’s detention and her working in the cafeteria seemed unimportant to me, but overall it was a good read. At one point, I was seriously annoyed cause of the turn of events. I don’t even understand why Elle kept on putting the blame on Ella. It was pointless but I guess that’s the point, right? When you’re stuck up and blamed guilty for someone’s murder, you just have to protect yourself and blame it on someone else, right?
Initially I had many guesses of the person that was actually murdered but I couldn’t really think of a good enough reason. Later, you find out who was murdered but it’s not like you’ve guessed something big, the author wants you to know who it is.
I think their actions were justified. I think what they did was right. Standing up for themselves and teaching
Spoiler
AlistairI wish there was a better description of Elle. I always like imagining a face to the character I’m reading about. You keep on reading the book but you get no clear idea of how she looks. It was towards the end that I realized that she was a red-head with green eyes oh and I’m hoping I’m right with the guessing. Other than that I wish there was more on Neil.
Spoiler
Why did he think he was a monster? Why did he beat Alistair earlier in that party? Why did he commit a suicide? What was going on in his head?Also, the relationship between Marianne and Eliza was somewhat confusing. It seemed real but I wish there was more background info. I wanted to know why Elle thought she was the boss or why Marianne never said anything when Elle claimed that she was the leader. What was it all about?
I liked how Elle and her issues with her mother were portrayed in the story. I liked how thing ended. I think something got stuck in my eye during the end, what else would explain the blurriness through which I read the last few pages?
So, how should I rate it? I guess it’s a 3.5 star for me.