Lana Farrar was once one of the most famous people in the world, thanks to her acting career and her first husband Otto, a producer. Lately Lana wants to live a quiet life away from all the cameras with her son Leo and Jason, Lana’s second husband. Looking to share in some relaxation and solitude, Lana invites some of her closest friends to her private Greek island, but when one of them is found dead right as a storm rolls in, the group finds themselves cut off from the mainland, and trapped with a murderer.
This is Alex Michaelides’s third novel, and having read the other two I had high hopes and high expectations for The Fury. Unfortunately while I did enjoy the novel it didn’t fully live up to my expectations. I could not stand the narrator, Elliot; while I understand that he isn’t meant to be a reliable narrator, I found him extremely irritating and annoying nonetheless. The Fury is full of twists and turns, but I often found myself correctly predicting the outcomes of situations, which I believe was partially due to having read Michaelides’s previous two novels. The chapters are short which helps to move the narrative along rather quickly and aids in the creation of suspense, but it took a little while to get to the meat of the story. There is also a little doubling back, which helped with the flow of the story and clarified the motives held by some of the characters.
This is Alex Michaelides’s third novel, and having read the other two I had high hopes and high expectations for The Fury. Unfortunately while I did enjoy the novel it didn’t fully live up to my expectations. I could not stand the narrator, Elliot; while I understand that he isn’t meant to be a reliable narrator, I found him extremely irritating and annoying nonetheless. The Fury is full of twists and turns, but I often found myself correctly predicting the outcomes of situations, which I believe was partially due to having read Michaelides’s previous two novels. The chapters are short which helps to move the narrative along rather quickly and aids in the creation of suspense, but it took a little while to get to the meat of the story. There is also a little doubling back, which helped with the flow of the story and clarified the motives held by some of the characters.