The Fury is Alex Michaelides third novel, a New York Times bestseller and an Amazon editor's pick for thrillers and suspense. His first two novels have just this year been optioned, one for movie and the other for a limited television series, so it seems like a great year for Alex Michaelides. This novel deals with alcoholism, bullying, death, drug use, gun violence, mental illness, stalking, the death of a parent, murder, gaslighting, and a toxic friendship (or two).
Lana Farrar is a reclusive movie star who's face is known around the world, who retired almost two decades ago to take care of her son, and who just happens to own a private Greek island. She's feeling a little...off, so she decides to spend the holiday weekend on the island with her husband, son, housekeeper/assistant, and her two friends, a stage actress and a playwright. Also present is the island's caretaker, a quiet man who rarely sees people since he almost never leaves the island and who doesn't miss the human interaction. When the winds kick up and it's incredibly dangerous to travel to or from the island, tragedy occurs. One of the people on the island is found dead from a gunshot wound, someone amongst them is a murderer. But who did it, and how could they!?
I was a little underwhelmed with this book. I'd heard such great things about it but I guess it just wasn't what I expected. I've not read either of Alex Michaelides' previous novels, although I'm waiting for The Silent Patient to become available, so I wasn't familiar with his style of story telling and I think that had something to do with it as well. I did enjoy it. It was an incredibly quick read and the chapters are very short, so it's easy to pick up and put down whenever you get a chance. The story was interesting, the end had a small twist that I thought was very well done. I thought overall the story was a little bit contrived, I'm not sure I could see this playing out in reality, although people are always surprising me so I guess we will see. I liked the writing, but I thought it was hard to connect to the main narrator, although he was very convincing. I would recommend it, but I wouldn't shove it down your throat like some recent books that I've liked more.
I'm giving The Fury by Alex Michaelides 3.5 stars out of 5. I'll be looking into more from Alex Michaelides, so keep an eye out for those reviews.
For more from the author, check out https://www.alexmichaelides.com/
Pairs well with dolmades and staging your own dramatic interpretation of the story of Clytemnestra.
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