A review by elna17a9a
The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith

1.0

Honestly, I was really excited for this book (what a thrilling premise! Kids who somehow trigger a murderous rage in those around them!) and was massively disappointed. I haven't even finished it (which is really rare for me).

The first chapter is a good start- you feel sorry for the kid and as confused as he is by how his parents are acting, and the unsettling actions of those who begin to feel animosity towards our main characters is delightfully tense. And Rilke's messed-up relationship with her brother and her not-at-all slow descent into madness is great.

And then I lost all interest. I'm not sure if it was the introduction of

the angels (and, side note, how could the angels inhabit these people and invoke such animosity and then not control how their hosts used their powers?)

or just the fact that all the running and talking dragged on, but I wasn't invested in any of the characters at all. When it came time for the final battle, I felt literally nothing. That's when I stopped reading, actually - I picked up another book and finished that one, and then started another, and just drifted away and found myself with no interest in continuing.