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A review by theatomicblonde22
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
It feels like Michaelides is unable to recapture that magic he had with The Silent Patient. I absolutely LOVED that first book. I was incredibly disappointed with his follow up, The Maidens. I was hoping this new book might redeem him for me, but sadly this was not the case. For all the literary references dropped by the narrator, this felt like a semi predictable mix of Glass Onion meets And Then There Were None meets Death on the Nile. That's pretty much all you need to know.