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A review by writteninthestarwars
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.25
Many thanks to the Penguin imprint, Michael Joseph, for sending me an ARC.
I might be one of the very few people who has not yet read Alex Michaelides' other books, The Silent Patient and The Maidens. So, I went into The Fury with no real expectations. Based on some reviews I've seen, this might have been for the best!
I thoroughly enjoyed The Fury and its original narrative style. Michaelides took the 'unreliable narrator' and turned it up a notch by blurring the line between truth and embellishment to a point I've rarely experienced in other books. With this type of narration, there is no solid understanding of the story, which might be off-putting for some, but which I appreciated.
The entire book felt like a meta exploration of storytelling and I'm very glad to have read it. Michaelides' other work has definitely jumped up on my TBR list after this.
I might be one of the very few people who has not yet read Alex Michaelides' other books, The Silent Patient and The Maidens. So, I went into The Fury with no real expectations. Based on some reviews I've seen, this might have been for the best!
I thoroughly enjoyed The Fury and its original narrative style. Michaelides took the 'unreliable narrator' and turned it up a notch by blurring the line between truth and embellishment to a point I've rarely experienced in other books. With this type of narration, there is no solid understanding of the story, which might be off-putting for some, but which I appreciated.
The entire book felt like a meta exploration of storytelling and I'm very glad to have read it. Michaelides' other work has definitely jumped up on my TBR list after this.