Elliot is in love with Lana. I mean who isnt but Lana is a movie star so everyone wants to be around her. Elliot likes to think Lana is perfect for him and that her current husband Jason is bad human and should go away along with another friend Kate. Lana and Elliot plan a getaway to a Greek island Lana owns to put their plan in place and Elliot thinks everything is finally going to be go right. But little does he know there is going to be more to this story and things might not go exactly as planned.

This reads a lot like a play or the creation of a play and that made it even the more interesting. It was a very interesting read and I really enjoyed the book. I didnt expect the ending at all and it was something that shocked me to my core which takes a lot. You really think the book is going one way until it completely goes a complete opposite direction. Alex does the dual storylines very well with the flashbacks. It was a book that was unexpected but perfect! I would highly recommend!!!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

As a lover of the Silent Patient, I was really excited to read The Fury. I think the story was fun, Alex Michaelides is great at doing the whole unreliable narrator breaking the fourth wall thing… I feel like that’s his signature at this point.

I will say, after reading the Silent Patient, I was already expecting the twists when they happened in this novel. So it didn’t have the same *gasp* effect on me. Nonetheless, still a fast paced and immersive read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for an advanced ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

The story structure and narrative voice was such a pleasure to read. Told through the voice of Elliott Chase, through a 5 act Greek Tragedy we learn the “why” of the events that unfurl into a murder mystery.

Lana Farrar is a former Hollywood actress who invites her friends out to her private Island, Aura, for some R&R. The people who she considers closest to her, all have secrets, and their own motivations for coming to the island. What transpires is layers of perspective and intrigue.

Well written, easy to read, and the nod to the Silent Patient was a fun addition.

I love Alex Michaelides and this thriller did not disappoint.
I perceived it as having extremely different vibes than “The Maidens” which was a surprise, but I ultimately felt it was a pleasant one.

The prose, structure and themes are highly theatrical and tongue in cheek. The narrator is self aware in the similarities to Agatha Christie’s tales.
But the truly enjoyable part for me is that the mystery didn’t lie so much in the “whodoneit” but in the motives. I loved the pacing and characters and Michaelides did an exceptional job in setting an atmospheric tone through location.

A great page turner that was so much fun to read.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Fury is filled with mystery and twists that keep you second guessing everything you think you know until the very end.
In true Michaelides fashion, this book did not disappoint. I wasn't sure what to expect going into it, since the whodunit trope has been overdone so many times but WOW. What a unique way to tell a story. I was completely hooked from page 1.

Thank you for sending me an early of The Fury by Alex Michaelides Netgalley and Celadon. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and found the characters reminiscent of a telenovela. The whodunit plot was well crafted and had a surprising twist, making it one of the best books I've read since The Silent Patient. I highly recommend getting this book released in January.

I loved it! I stayed up late reading and couldn’t put it down. I need to reread all of them now. There’s so much to his characters and when there’s a secret, it’s never what you think it may be. I was so thrilled to receive the ARC and can’t wait for it to be published!

I enjoyed this much more than The Maidens but not as much as The Silent Patient. It was a little slow and drug at times and then resolved very quickly and confusingly at the end.

arc review - They Fury

In The Fury our unreliable narrator tells us role story piece by piece slowly unveiling more and more as the story progresses peeling it back like an onion.

We are all the unreliable narrators of our own lives.

I was so excited to receive this ARC copy of the Fury by Alex Michaelides as he is one of my favorite authors. Immediately I found this book to have much better pacing than the The Silent Patient and The Maidens and rhetorical the Characters were much more impressionable. But he continues to do an amazing job of including classic tragedy in the story.

Which comes first—character or fate? This is the central question in any tragedy. What takes precedence—free will or destiny?

But it’s only fiction, I’m afraid. Real life turned out somewhat differently.

The ending of the story was so captivating I could barely tear my eyes from the pages. With such an unreliable narrator, not a single line could be trusted to be true. But that was the interesting part about what kept you hanging on till the last line and even then wondering if you were getting the truth. And of course I loved the nod to The Silent Patient.

A fun, suspenseful read! I was hooked throughout. Though the ending didn’t quite stick the landing for me, I can’t say I regret reading it. Loved the subtle nod to The Silent Patient in the epilogue. Overall in the Alex Michaelides universe this sits between the Silent Patient (great) and The Maidens (not so great) for me.

Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley!

Alex Michaelides Is an automatic buy for me. This one was a very slow, winding start, but once it hit the half way mark, it got going and boy was it good. He’s so good at writing twists. I loooved the connection to the silent patient. I’ll continue to buy anything from Alex.

thank you netgalley for this arc copy of the fury! in classic alex michaelides fashion, we’re met with intrigue, plot twists and stellar storytelling. the greeks famously mix together love and tragedy in epic stories and the fury is no different. i love how michaelides shares the story from a first person perspective and brings the reader in. it’s like a one on one conversation with elliot that makes you want to turn the page. we’re told the same story a few times with each telling revealing more about the characters and the facts of the murder. i am always amazed at how masterfully storylines can be woven and this was an incredibly fun read. i can’t wait to buy this in january when it comes out!

I hate to say this as I loved the silent patient, but this was a DNF at nearly 50%. It was incredibly boring, the characters at times insufferable and very slow paced. I couldn't keep going.

Alex Michaelides has been a must read author for me ever since I read The Silent Patient, so I was thrilled when I was approved by an ARC of The Fury by NetGalley and the publisher. I have read a few versions of the “stuck on an island” murder thriller over the past couple of years, enough that I am unfortunately starting to get tired of it. However, this was the twistiest version of the premise that I’ve read. Elliot Chase may be the most unreliable narrator that I’ve ever read, and the story took so many turns that I never could have guessed the ending. I didn’t like it quite as much as Michaelides’ previous work, but it was still a solid, enjoyable thriller.

This is a twisty tale full of lies and deceit. You need to pay attention and follow the various timeframes. Don't let that scare you though - this was a great story. I was anxious to see how it all played out and wrapped up and I was not disappointed.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Available January 16, 2024.

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The Fury by Alex Michaelides
⭐️⭐️⭐️ / Pages: 320 / Genre: Murder Mystery

A reclusive ex-movie star invites her closest friends to her Greek island for a getaway. The trip ends in murder. How delicious!

I’m a big fan of this author. I loved The Silent Patient and The Maidens, but this one really didn’t do it for me. The twists and surprises were great, it’s the main character Elliot Chase that I just couldn’t stand. And you’re supposed to not like him, he’s very unlikeable. But I hate whiny characters who go off on their inner monologues and this is one of those. Oh well, I’m still a Michaelides fan and am looking forward to his next book.

Thank you @NetGalley and @CeladonBooks for the advanced copy.

“A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder”

This is my first book by Alexis Michaelides and it won’t be my last. I absolutely loved this one and how it made me think. The best way to summarize this book is that nothing is as it seems and yet everything is exactly as it seems.

When I was approved for this on NetGalley, I literally screamed from excitement! This was one of my most anticipated reads for 2024!

The chapters are short (which I love) and it just makes you want to keep reading. The narrator is unreliable which kept you guessing the whole time. I loved the pace of the book and the authors way of storytelling. I enjoyed the acts and how each act brought more and more to the story. It was like I was reading a Greek tragedy.

I loved how Alex touched on the themes of greed, lust, love, vengeance, loneliness, and lastly, lying. The characters were all so well developed and I felt like you could see right into each character and really know them.

I definitely plan to read The Silent Patient and The Maidens in 2024!

Watch for this one on January 16th!

Thank you NetGalley and Celadon Books for the arc in exchange for a honest review.

The Fury is highly readable, full of intrigue and a little bonkers. I enjoyed the narrative style the author used in this book to create the mood and even the ick for certain characters. The pace for the first 3/4 was great, but the final act left me wanting. Were these believable characters? I can’t tell. However, they were interesting. Thanks to Celadon for the ARC through NetGallery.

Entertaining, yes, but the story never quite grabbed me. The set up was fantastic and I was ready to be completely sucked in--the ending didn't exactly match the tension and build up. I still enjoyed the twists and turns and ever changing plot, I just always wanted a bit more. I loved the setting and the fact that it had the whole And Then There Were None feel... I'd like to read his other books; from what I've heard, they have more of a psychological thriller vibe.

*4.5 stars rounded up*

Welcome to Aura, the private island near Mykonos that’s rumored by the Greek locals to be haunted - & has wind so vicious that it’s been called “the fury.”

This is the setting of a story told in several different acts - we have a playwright relaying this information to us, & he’s filling in details & holding on to others as he sets the stage for a tale you’re going to want to clear your schedule & read straight through. It’s got love, it’s got murder, it’s got an unreliable narrator & so many switchbacks that I found my thoughts buffering like a bad internet connection.

Yet somehow, it was just the right amount of chaos & commentary & foreshadowing & skipping around, with short chapters that kept the pace perfectly. I loved the Agatha Christie references; & the fact that a character from The Maidens was included was so fun, plus the reference to another from The Silent Patient. I’ll read anything Michaelides writes.

Thank you very much to NetGalley & Celadon Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.