The Fury by Alex Michaelides is a thriller set on an isolated Greek island.
If you haven't read The Silent Patient yet (I haven't) there's a significant spoiler in the epilogue of this book.
The book is told through a non-linear, first-person metafiction perspective via our unreliable narrator, Elliot. Elliot is a close friend of a reclusive ex-movie star who invited a group of friends to her private Greek island to escape the London weather.
The audiobook narrator, Alex Jennings, does a phenomenal job. His performance was great, but I found the overall package a little lackluster.
The structure is written like a five-act play, which I found interesting. But the first two acts are the longest of the bunch and I found the plot a bit meandering.
I did have one literal jaw-drop moment during my read, so there are plenty of twists and turns to keep the interest of most people. Act V, the final act, is the strongest part of the whole book.
The book is written "For Uma" and Michaelides thanks Uma Thurman in the Acknowledgements, so I'm curious if he wrote this for her to play eventually.
If you haven't read The Silent Patient yet (I haven't) there's a significant spoiler in the epilogue of this book.
The book is told through a non-linear, first-person metafiction perspective via our unreliable narrator, Elliot. Elliot is a close friend of a reclusive ex-movie star who invited a group of friends to her private Greek island to escape the London weather.
The audiobook narrator, Alex Jennings, does a phenomenal job. His performance was great, but I found the overall package a little lackluster.
The structure is written like a five-act play, which I found interesting. But the first two acts are the longest of the bunch and I found the plot a bit meandering.
I did have one literal jaw-drop moment during my read, so there are plenty of twists and turns to keep the interest of most people. Act V, the final act, is the strongest part of the whole book.
The book is written "For Uma" and Michaelides thanks Uma Thurman in the Acknowledgements, so I'm curious if he wrote this for her to play eventually.