The Fury Book Review is here to share with you our own views from reading the much-anticipated book that came out this year. A masterpiece of Alex Michaelides. But, is that really what everyone else thinks of this book? What are the readers saying about its plot? it’s culminating mystery, it’s murder and isolating elements?
Everything you want to know about this book or the words you want to hear in the Fury book, we will talk about it in our Fury book review. And finally, at its conclusion, we will see… was it a masterpiece done right? or was it a letdown that couldn’t live up to its potential?
The Fury Book Review Begins
You know, the Fury was much anticipated, of course, after The Silent Patient was written, Alex’s The Fury book gained much limelight from it. But things didn’t end like the Silent Patient in this book’s case. If we divulge into the book’s review you will see the building up anticipation, and the ever-evolving interest of the readers, but how long can we read with only that?
In The Fury book review, we will truly see, if the author has tested our patience or maybe challenged himself to make the best book in his repertoire.
The Fury Book Review
The Fury Book Review Of Its Themes
The Fury book is a murder mystery. The book also has many complex elements in the mix. So at times, it may feel like a jumbled-up mess. But when we talk about the themes here, what pops out first is isolation.
And this isolation creates other themes, more complexity comes out of this book as isolation takes place. A fancy Greek island that was supposed to gift our characters with one of the best vacations out there, becomes a completely different event. In the Fury book review, we will shed light looking at this element that overwhelms the whole book.
As we read this book, we can see the characters, exhibit the deception of identity, everyone seems to be someone they are not, obsession and desire creep up and what follows is a murder. Truly, the book shares such deep themes as we hear the narrator Elliot Chase go through the story.
That’s not the end though, The book phenomenally looks into the psychological aspect of the characters, from their past, to their traumas, and how they come to act like they are now. As such, it can easily be said the book has all these themes working extremely intricately for the story to become a masterpiece.
The Fury Book Review Of Its Plots
The Fury book’s plot is intricate alright. It’s divided into 5 chapters and each one increases the tension and releases that much more gripping information to the readers. Though it has to be said… The book is a slow starter, and I mean really slow, some people even have to read over 150 pages just to be able to get into the story.
it had been stretched to reach that much tension but the author couldn’t hold that tension really well. The book starts with Lana Farra an ex-movie star inviting her friends and colleagues and our narrator Elliot Chase to her private Greek Island but when their first morning dawns on them.
Gunshots greet their morning and they find Lana lying dead in an ancient ruin. On the other hand, the police can’t come because of the winds that are blocking the island off… now the seven people have to stay isolated until the way opens again.
But before long, the darkness creeps open, characters who had hidden their heart, their true self can’t contain themselves… and malice overtakes their sensibilities in this private and of course isolated island.
The plot sounds interesting when you put it in words sure, but reading the book can be difficult, as we said before in the Fury book review, the author stretched the book so much that many don’t even have to read until the end to find out who’s the culprit. Imagine reading a whole book but you already knew the killer in chapter 1.
Though many have praised the book for being a great read, but, it certainly isn’t Alex’s best work, it can’t even come near the Silent Patient if we try to compare them. The author’s fans might still like this writing, but when we talk about the narrator Elliot Chase, many have complained about the narrator having to do too much, as the book can be seen jumping from a 2nd person standpoint to the omniscient standpoint.
Just think about it, How can Elliot Chase know some things that happen outside his view or even in his thoughts?
Another point is that, though the book has brought justice to the guilty, but it didn’t have that justness in it. It could have ended better, a writer of Alex’s caliber should be able to do better at least. But it is what it is, nothing in the world is perfect and with this book, we know of that fact yet again.
In Conclusion
Honesty can go a long way, we know that if we say the book wasn’t on par your interest in it might dim, but it’s not like The Fury book was so good that we would absolutely suggest you read it. Just tell you what, If you’re a fan of murder mystery and an isolated setting, you just might like this book.
Otherwise, if you have great faith and expectations of this book then you’re better off lowering your expectations since it would obviously go to waste. but hey, everyone is a little different, what might be not as good for us might be as sweet as sugar for others, so why not give it a try?
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