The Fury
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The Fury

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 — from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 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? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time ― it caused a real stir in the tabloids, if you remember. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press sensation: a celebrity; a private island cut off by the wind…and a murder. We found ourselves trapped there overnight. Our old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse ― a battle of wits, full of twists and turns, building to an unforgettable climax. The night ended in violence and death, as one of us was found murdered. But who am I? My name is Elliot Chase, and I’m going to tell you a story unlike any you’ve ever heard.
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soph @sbruno25
3.5 stars
Mar 20, 2025

A fun little murder mystery. 100% got me out of my reading slump

+4
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Paige Paul@ppaul13
2.5 stars
Feb 19, 2025

A bit underwhelming for all of the promise of a crazy twist. I felt that the narrator was very blatantly the bad guy no matter how many times he tries to tell you he’s not. I did enjoy this as an audiobook as he addresses the reader so much.

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+2
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Jack Lucie@jacklucie18
4.5 stars
Jan 11, 2025

Michaelides is an expert in the ~twist~ and “The Fury” is no exception. Glass Onion-esque and plenty of morally questionable behavior to go around, this one is underrated and a hell of a time.

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Ipshita Kanungo@ipshita
2.75 stars
Dec 19, 2024

This story was incredibly stretched by the narrator's inner dialogues for NOTHING. I know Alex did it to keep the suspense going but instead of doing that, he should've thrown some worthy twists, instead of simple word play (that wasn't even written well). I disliked this thing about Alex's style of writing during "the silent patient" also - last minute twist and unnecessarily long inner monologue by the narrator. Atleast it was justified in that book by the plot twist, this time the plot twist(s) was so dumb, the characters were so underdeveloped (even though he wastes tons of words describing them), as if they have been picked up from already existing books. Don't bother picking this one up, it's not going to add any value to your shelf. The only reason I kept reading it because as much as I hated sitting through the silent patient I can't deny the twist was brilliant. But this is not true in this case; when the book finally started taking turning events, it began to spiral. Going round and round about the same things, as if it's a sitcom plot. Even then, I can think of a hundred ways to make it more atmospheric and Alex couldn't, that's what's shocking to me.

+3
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larissa campos @ssecretgardenss
4.5 stars
Dec 8, 2024

Amo um mistério que corre de maneira rápida e faz com que você perca o fôlego durante as páginas. Alex faz um personagem no qual não podemos confiar como ninguém e ainda não superei um de seus melhores livros, qual ganha uma pequena saudação no final e me deixou extremamente satisfeita, como uma leitora fiel que é saudada com um gesto singelo ao passar por um conhecido na rua.

+10
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Jillian Roberts@jillianroberts
3 stars
Aug 23, 2024

The book was so intriguing and made you question and wonder the whole time and then the ending just kinda happens and it’s boring and you’re like oh, ok? I did enjoy it though.

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Jacque@jacque_who
3.5 stars
Aug 20, 2024

This author is so good at writing from the perspective of such an unreliable and uncomfortable man that I cannot put the book down

+3
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Paige Leitner@pleitner
5 stars
Jul 7, 2024

I loved this book! It keeps you on the edge of your seat from the beginning to the very end!

The use of an unreliable narrator makes it all the better because you never know what's the truth and what's not. It mixes a good amount of thriller and found family, as well as some Greek myth (which I personally love). Alex Michaelides' other book that I read this year was The Maidens and I liked this one even more.

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+5
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baku@swallowthemoons
3 stars
Jun 17, 2024

glad that was over!

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Carson King@carsonking17
5 stars
Jun 4, 2024

But it’s not my fault I blasted a basketball sized hole in her chest because I’m so tortured, loved it finished it in 6 hours

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Lauren Dale@ljdale
5 stars
Jun 2, 2024

Alex does it again with another unpredictable ending. The twist that this took was absolutely insane. Jaw on the floor by the end. Must read.

+3
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melanie@melanieslibrary
4.5 stars
Mar 11, 2024

This book was such a good type of different from him, i loved the odd perspective changes and how it was all written like a book. I also like how the characters were actually dislikable because although i’m the silent patient and the maidens there was characters we were supposed to dislike the characters were still semi- likable while here it seems like we are hearing from a man who does Dislike kate and jason. Though I did get a bit confused with the random intro to Jason and Agathi i get why it was added to not make the intro so repetitive. Although the book (and characters) were messy i loved the messiness and i think it was a good narrative for what was supposed to be a written piece from the character. I also loved how he did a different sort of thing with the same concept of the who did it being the main person. I love the concept of the fake murder and it did really fit Elliot’s and Lana’s characters though the change in how it switched up on him was also very nice and fit well. Overall, this was such a fun read for the last 2 acts with the twists keep going making the book so unique.

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Gaby Menendez@gabymenendez
4 stars
Feb 24, 2024

late review…. i throughly enjoyed the story telling in this book. it was very theatrical metaphorically and literally. I loved the twists but the end left me wanting a bit more? maybe I’m able to predict Alex. Either way, I loved!

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Abigail Stutz@abbiestutz
2 stars
Feb 12, 2024

This book has a very slow start and I did not love the narration style. The ending left me unsatisfied and I did not feel emotionally invested in the story or the characters. My immediate feelings were that I disliked it but I felt like I was missing something. As I digested the story I realized there are links to the silent patient, which made me want to read the maidens. If this book didn’t keep me thinking about connections to his other books and the feeling that I’m missing the big picture, I would have given it a lower rating.

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Allysen@allysennn
4 stars
Jan 31, 2024

SO GOOD! Such a great story and loved all 200 twists but I do wish the story was more linear. I didn’t really enjoy having to reimagine the scenes so many times but I do understand that this adds to the plot and character personality. I hate Kate don’t ask me why I think it’s the accent I imagined for her

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Valentina Williams@valentina99
5 stars
Jan 27, 2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My first five star rating and I’m so glad it’s Alex. This book literally proves that good writing completely changes the reading experience and makes it so much fun. Please DNF the book you can’t get through to read more stories like this.

Given it’s his third book, I can tell he had so much fun writing this. In comparison to “Silent Patient” and “The Maidens” this book was slightly more tragic but still light hearted at the same time.

His storytelling is beyond impressive and had me locked in for the 5 hrs to finish it. He included all my favorite elements of a good thriller and I absolutely LOVE how he paid homage to classic tragedies (he’s def a theatre kid) which warmed my theatre heart. I caught a few references but I’m sure I missed others: As You Like It, Sleuth, Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolfe?, Hamlet, The Glass Menagerie, and Medea 🤍

Please read this it’s actually so important that you do.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

+4
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Cheri McElroy@cherimac
5 stars
Jan 21, 2024

A modern-day Greek tragedy is set to occur on a private Greek island. There are rich people, famous people, and everyday people. Love, lust, envy, and hatred collide to create a storm of murder and terror. Welcome to The Fury.

Alex Michaelides is one of my favorite authors because he combines a love for things he knows (psychology, theater) with a deep love for Golden Age detectives and Greek tragedy to write perfectly taut, unique, exciting novels. This was no exception.

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Maureen Carter@letsmosy
3 stars
Jun 4, 2025
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lexipeters@lexipeters
3 stars
Jan 12, 2025
+3
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Lacee Foutch @lfoutch
3 stars
Dec 18, 2024
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Liv Harman @liv_harman7
4 stars
Dec 6, 2024
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sydnee smith@sydneessmith
5 stars
Nov 13, 2024
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Paige Wanner@turntopaige22
3.5 stars
Nov 7, 2024
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Michele Papa@mleanne14
3.5 stars
Oct 23, 2024

Highlights

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justine lim@tsuji

We suddenly realise that... nothing we do matters. And, in desolation, we howl and scream and rail at the heavens, until, at some point, we do the inevitable: we eat, dress and brush our teeth. We continue with the marionette-like motions of life, however unhinged it feels to do so. Then, ever so slowly, the illusion takes over again -- until again, we forget that we are just actors in a play.

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justine lim@tsuji

And then -- peering over the edge -- she stared at the pavement down below. She flicked the cigarette butt over the edge. The red ember disappeared into darkness.

Lana felt a sudden desire to follow it.

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Ipshita Kanungo@ipshita

I wish I knew how you felt about me, right now. Are you slightly charmed, even beguiled, as Lana used to be? Or, like Kate, do you find me irritating, self- dramatizing, self-indulgent?

Page 207

Yup, I am Kate in this case.

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Lindsay@schnurln

“I know telling you to love yourself is a big ask,” Mariana used to say. “But learning to love, or, at least, have compassion for, the child you once were, is a big step in the right direction.”