{"id":132270,"date":"2025-03-14T05:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/review-the-fury-by-alex-michaelides\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:25:12","slug":"review-the-fury-by-alex-michaelides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=132270","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: \u2018The Fury\u2019 by Alex Michaelides"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It begins with a phone call\u2026and it ends with a murder.<\/h2>\n

TLDR: I loved this book. If you\u2019re a fan of crime thrillers, you should probably read it.<\/p>\n

Oh how I do love an unreliable narrator and a narrative unwrapped in gradual layers until what you thought you knew lies in tatters.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s it about?<\/h3>\n

Obsession. Jealousy. Secrets.<\/p>\n

An actress gathers her close family and best friends on a Greek island; thirty-six hours later, one of them is dead. You might expect an investigation to begin, but our narrator declares that this is a whydunnit<\/em>, not a whodunnit<\/em>. This, they insist, is \u2018a true story\u2019, a reconstruction of events, and proof that character is fate.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s it like?<\/h3>\n

Stunning, with a distinctive narrative voice. \u2018Never open a book with the weather,\u2019 advises our narrator, quoting someone or other. This is a perfect introduction to our guide, who views life through the lens of literature and is constantly experimenting with how life could be, might be, should be.<\/p>\n

I absolutely loved the way Michaelides developed the story, but I fear that to say anything further would be too revealing!<\/p>\n

Final thoughts<\/h3>\n

This might appear to be a classic murder mystery at first \u2013 especially when malevolent weather makes it impossible to blame an outsider for the murder, or for any of the suspects to leave the island \u2013 but as the twists in the very fabric of the narrative build to a crescendo, the final conclusion is simultaneously shocking and inevitable.<\/p>\n

A brilliantly crafted thriller that led me to immediately locate my copy of \u2018The Silent Patient\u2019, Michaelides\u2019 debut novel, which was purchased on impulse, then, as is my tendency, forgotten during a deluge of Must Reads. I am now looking forward to being equally transported!<\/p>\n

\u2018The Fury\u2019,
Alex Michaelides,
2024, Penguin Books, paperback<\/h6>\n