The Fury was a compelling read. It's the story of actress Lana Farrar and Elliot Chase who met and fell in love with her. Her first husband, Otto, had purchased a Greek island for her. They named it Aura. As it turns out, her second husband, Jason, was a crook. He wanted her for her money. Lana met him through her friend Kate, who had been dating him. After they married, Kate had an affair with him.

Elliott grew up in foster care. When he escaped, he met a woman, Barbara West who was an author. And she was evil. He moved in with her. She did everything in her power to make his life miserable and to humiliate him. But once he met and fell in love with Lana, he spent every spare moment with her and the things that Barbara did to him were of no consequence. The very worst thing that Barbara did was going to Lana and poisoning her against Elliot. Initially, Lana didn't believe her.

Once Lana learned of Jason and Katie's affair, she went to Elliott to cry on his shoulder. That night they plotted against them. Elliot wrote a play whereby Lana would be allegedly shot and killed. They got her son, Leo, to play a leading role. The plan was to accuse Jason of the murder. All of this was to happen on Aura. So Lana got Jason and Kate to agree to go to the island along with her and Elliot. Everything went as planned, but then when Lana's assistant, Agathi saw her apparently dead, she went into hysterics. Elliot was there and he told her not to worry, that Lana wasn't really dead. And then Lana sat up and Agathi freaked out and fled. Lana got and chase her.

It seems that the night Lana went to Elliott's house to cry the blues, they drank too much and they both passed out. Lana woke up before Elliot. Elliott had passed out on his desk with his notebook laying open. Lana read his notebook and she found all of his notes about Kate and Jason's affair along with his musings about her. This unsettled her. So she went to Kate to tell her what she had read. She also told Kate about the story they had come up with. So the two of them created their own scenario to get back at Elliott.

As I said earlier, this story was compelling and it kept me coming back for more. Elliott wrote it in first person and there was a twist ending, which I loved. I thought he did a fine job developing the characters. The only thing about the plot that confused me was when the police came to the island. There was very little about them and they didn't seem to fit in to the story very well. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book. I gave it five stars.

DNF at like 8%. After this and the one star The Maidens I will not be reading from this dude again.

The writing of this is so bad and annoying. The frame narrative is stupid and boring and should not have been included at all imo. The narrator is also annoying and is a slog to read from. They’re constantly breaking the fourth wall and teasing the reader about their identity and being chummy. It is truly a horrid reading experience, no matter how interesting the plot is.

I found it a really poor mimicry of the voice of Clarissa in Mrs Dalloway but in first person and wayyyyyy more annoying to read from (sorry Ginny I love you).

I absolutely adored the other two books by Michaelides and was so excited to receive this ARC! The narration is way different than the other two novels- which was a fun welcome change even if it took some getting used to! I had a bit of difficulty with the tense switches between first and third- especially when the established narrator wasn't present for some scenes that we received great detail on. This all wrapped dup neatly with the final section and epilogue- where you get a bit more information which makes this more plausible to you. I thoroughly enjoyed each character being a polar opposite of another and seeing all these personalities play out. You are definitely in for a treat with this novel- it truly keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat until the final page!

I think lately I’ve read too many books where the narrator speaks directly to the reader. It was clever the first time. Maybe if I had read this book before the others I would be amazed. Great character development though!!

Thank you NetGalley for providing an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I think it's important to preface that I don't normally read thrillers and I've never read The Silent Patient.

This is a tale of murder.
Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it?
My name is Elliot Chase, and I’m going to tell you a story unlike any you’ve ever heard.

This story was a struggle to get into. During the first half of the book, I really had a hard time paying attention. The narrator continuously reiterates that this story is "unlike any you've ever heard", so I was expecting something big. That is not what I got.

There were moments that I really enjoyed, but I honestly don't think I will ever think about this book again. On another topic, I will be reading The Silent Patient.

This was an exciting book that took several twists & turns. I thought it had the prefect amount of characters and I loved the island setting.

I definitely will recommend to readers who have loved Michaelides previous works.I love the premise of a thriller on an isolated location. It reminded me a more grownup The Guestlist. This is my favorite work by Michaelides and I can't wait to read more!

I love a locked room (or in this case island) mystery so I was excited to read this book. I've read Michaelides' other works and found The Fury to be a good accompaniment. While I appreciate a call-back to characters in other books, I felt the mention of Theo at the end was out of place and might confuse a reader who does not have the background of the author's other books. I thought character development and motivation was thought out for most characters, but Leo fell a little flat. We do not really know why Leo wants to be an actor so badly, but we do know that he wants it so bad he would participate in a murder plot just for the opportunity to act. The length of the book was appropriate but I felt it could have done without the multiple instances of "imagined this happened.." where we get a few pages of writing of something that never happened and has no further meaning or relevance to the story, especially the made-up police coming to the island. While it does help prove the unreliability of the narrator, it provides nothing else and makes the story confusing and hard to follow.

Way too slow of a thriller. I ended up skimming to finish it. I enjoy other Michaelides books but this one didn’t do it for me

Firstly, I want to thank NetGalley, Celadon Books, and Alex Michaelides for providing me with a digital ARC for my honest review <3

I read Alex Michaelides' Debut, The Silent Patient, back when it was released. And to say I loved it would be an understatement. I devoured the story and his writing style and the book's twist still pop into my mind from time to time. It is genuinely one of the greatest thriller books of all time in my opinion. I like everyone else who is a fan of Alex read his second novel The Maidens when it was released. I found the storytelling and characters incredibly engaging but ultimately really didn't like the twist or the ending. Going from The Silent Patient, where the twist is never seen coming and you are left haunted by its conclusion, to The Maidens, where the ending is predictable and rushed, I was disappointed.

When I got approved for The Fury, I was both incredibly excited and anxious. I knew I adored the author's style of writing, but I just was hoping I liked the overall story and plot more this time around. Sadly, I group The Fury with The Maidens more than I do with The Silent Patient.

I want to make clear that what I didn't enjoy about the book was just that it felt very rushed to tie up all the loose ends, even leaving more than I would have liked open. I sped through this book and enjoyed very much the atmosphere and the pace, as well as the characters and their personalities. Every time I've read an Alex Michaelides novel I find myself imagining it as a movie or TV show because his writing is so detailed without it becoming too dense and long. He writes his protagonists well and his use of dialogue always feels so cinematic. I thoroughly enjoy his writing and something I LOVE is how he connects his books with just a small detail that only readers that have read all his work will catch. I was hoping this book had an easter egg somewhere hidden and it did! But The Fury just wasn't my favorite. I'm sad because I really really wanted to like it more but the ending just felt so flat and two-dimensional. But rest assured if any of Alex's books get adaptations, I'll be ready! And although his last couple of releases haven't quite lived up to his debut, I look forward to reading more of his work :)

Thanks again to NetGalley, Celadon, and the author for the ARC!

Elliott, a somewhat humble, self-proclaimed unreliable narrator tells this closed-circle mystery in a disorienting mix of first-person and omniscient third person perspectives. He talks directly to the reader in a rambling, ingratiating way that, for me, brought to mind the famous Monty Python shout "Get on with it!"

The Fury takes places on a private island, owned by Lana Farrar, a reclusive ex-movie start. She invites her two best friends, Elliot and Kate, to spend Easter on the island, along with her husband, her teenage son, her housekeeper/assistant, and the property manager who lives on the island. As is the case in all murder mysteries, one of them ends up dead. The title is a reference to the winds around the island that the locals call "The Fury."

This has the potential to be an exciting mystery with plenty of twists, but the way the story is written, with Elliot's mixed perspectives and the tedious number of cliff hangers, the story just feels long and boring. By the time you finally get to the action, you're just exhausted from the number of false starts and attempts at dramatic pauses. So much time was spent on the narrator's coyness that there wasn't time left to develop deep characters or detailed settings. The island winds were mentioned, but never felt by the reader; and the characters were surface level, despite Elliott talking about his deep connections with them.

I was excited to read this book and thrilled to get the ARC when I did, but then was confused by the book. I had read so many good reviews, but I cannot write one of my own. Some people seem to really like the narrative style and pacing, but I found it tedious, distracting, and just plain annoying. It all feels like opportunity lost for a very cool murder mystery.

Thank you to Celadon Books and NetGalley for the egalley copy of The Fury. All opinions are my own.

Alex Michaelides is a master at writing the unreliable narrator, and as someone who loved his previous two novels, this is his best one yet. I truly did not know which way this plot was going to go, and it surprised me at every turn. Extremely addictive and a very quick read as a result.

This book was really engaging and keep me constantly reading. When I wasn't reading, I wanted to be reading it. Although, I didn't feel completely satisfied by the ending.

I really like how Michaelides weaves his stories to come full circle. I've been a fan since THE SILENT PATIENT and always love his little Easter eggs in his novels.

I guess I didn't really have a character to root for, which isn't necessarily a need. But I felt really annoyed during the last "act" of the book and it made me frustrated. It could've been on purpose, but I didn't like that feeling while reading.

Despite that, I still would recommend this to others. 3.5 stars, rounded to 4.

Alex Michaelides loves a good twist in his books and The Fury is no different in its first-person narrative of a murder that occurs during a former movie star and her friends' weekend at her private Greek Island. This is an incredibly quick read, it moves fast and is endlessly interesting. However, in his commitment to serving up shocks and twists I think ultimately they don't all end up working and towards the end the story lost me a little bit. But still, it was a fun and wild ride.

A fun read! A little difficult to follow all the character and motivations and jumping from different times. Very Interesting perspective being written from first person. Again with Michaelides, lots of nods to Greek mythos, and this one included a lot of Agatha Christie nods as well. I think if you don't expect another Silent Patient, you will enjoy yourself.

Full disclosure: I have not read The Silent Patient (it's been on my TBR for ages), but I've long been intrigued by it, so when I saw The Fury on Netgalley, I was like, let's do this! And I'm glad I did - it was a fun read. It's definitely in the vein of Evil Under the Sun or Glass Onion in that there's a murder on an island vacation and a generally quirky feel to the proceedings due to the unreliable nature of our narrator. That said, I figured out who the culprit was pretty much immediately and felt like the "twists" were telegraphed a bit too much. Nonetheless, it was an entertaining read, and I would generally recommend to fans of psychological thrillers. 3 stars - I liked it!

Thank you to Net Galley and Celadon Books for providing an early copy of The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Author Alex Michaelides has created a mystery featuring playwright Elliot Chase who will narrate a twisting and turning tale that will have readers driven to complete the novel in one sitting,

From the first chapter, Chase lays the groundwork for entering the action. Is he as reliable as he claims? As the story of his obsession with a famous actress unfolds, readers begin to wonder if there is more to this than Elliot is sharing. With six people on a remote island in Greece and one of them a body found on a brutally windy night. it will become evident that Elliot is not who he appears to be.

Misplaced passion, greed and deceit are rampant and nothing is as it seems until the explosive conclusion .

The author has included a reference to a character in his previous novel, igniting the awareness that something sinister is occurring.

The Fury is anything but a standard murder mystery, and readers will devour text likely in one sitting--it's that good!

A twisty well plotted storyline with some unforgettable characters.w
Set on a private island a group of old friends come together but someone has murder on their mind.
But who and why?
A page burner of a book that is as addictive as it is unputadownable.
Alex Michaelides has done it yet again!

4.5 stars

HOLY HECK! Alex Michaelides is kind of a master at what he does. I loved this book. That being said, I know a lot of people will not live the way it is written, but if they can get past that, the story is freekin phenomenal. I am going to say zero about the plot, just buckle up and enjoy.

As always, this book was super clever! I love that all of Micheadeles’ books are all interconnected without being too much. I hated the main character, but that was definitely on purpose. I'll admit, this book was definitely more predictable as compared to his other books, and was similar to SP, but this could be because I read silentpatient as a first mystery and I’ve read hundreds since.