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ShelleyBooksie
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Anyone doing the Jimmy Fallon book club? There are 16 books (could not fit them all in my screen shot) that they are going to whittle to 8, then 2. The winner will be Fallon's official book club read this spring. If you have already read any of these, voting is open!

Ruthiella Interesting! 2d
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RamsFan1963
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Pickpick

34/150 As fun as the first book was, I actually like this one even better. Some people might be annoyed by the author breaking the fourth wall to talk to directly to the reader, but I enjoy those moments, it adds a quirky charm to solving the murder mystery. I'm not sure how many books can be written with this MC, but I hope we get another one at least.
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rubyslippersreads I thought the second one was much better. And there is a third one coming; I put it on hold at the library. 4d
DieAReader 🥳Great! 4d
RamsFan1963 @rubyslippersreads Oh boy!! I'm glad there's going to be a 3rd one. I'll have to check the library to see if its available yet 4d
rretzler So glad to hear this! I enjoyed the first and just received my preorder of this one but have been afraid to start it! 🤣 4d
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Melancholy2243
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Pickpick

This book is rather confusing. The narration is messy, it is manipulative, it makes you swallow down a story that the narrator wants to say. But I guess that's the thing about unreliable narrators. Inspired by classical plays and Christie's unreliable narrators. It's an okayish thriller. But honestly it doesn't remain one at the end.

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nitalibrarian
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#bookmail

I enjoyed Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone very much, so I ordered the next book featuring Ern.

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LibraryCin
West Heart Kill: A novel | Dann McDorman
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Mehso-so

I thought this was clever. Much of the book was done in different styles. That is, much of the book was told directly from the author to the reader, breaking the “fourth wall". I also thought the atmosphere was done well – I definitely pictured the ‘70s hunting lodge: all brown wood paneling with hunted animal heads on the walls and such. But, I also found it quite “literary” and a bit dry. I certainly didn‘t care about the people. Cont in comnts

LibraryCin I did, however, like the twist near the end – that, I definitely didn‘t see coming. I also liked the way things were revealed at the end. 2w
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marleed
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Pickpick

I really enjoy Alex‘s unconventional twisty storytelling. He writes interesting characters and the bad ones are just fun to dislike.

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janeycanuck
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Mehso-so

Can you really call something a "whydunnit" if you still haven't revealed who was killed, let along who did it a quarter of the way into the book?

Ultimately, this was quite predictable.

AvidReader25 My thoughts exactly. 2w
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AvidReader25
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Mehso-so

For a twisty island murder mystery this one really dragged. I didn‘t love the style of a narrator that kept telling you that he was about to tell you something big. It was exhausting. He‘s a classic unreliable narrator, but there‘s too much telling & not enough showing in the story. The characters are such selfish, superficial people & they‘re constantly betraying each other. It was hard to find anyone to root for & the ending felt like a cop out.

janeycanuck I was so-so on this one, too. You are so right about the telling about telling - such a pet peeve of mine. 2w
AvidReader25 @janeycanuck Mine too, especially if the story isn‘t worth it in the end. 2w
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BookLineNSinker
The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Pickpick

I actually enjoyed this suspense from Michaelides! I see a lot of negative reviews but it satisfied my hunger for some twisted drama. I read this courtesy of #NetGalley and I did enjoy it. There were definitely posts where I was shaking my head at the drama of it all, but that's what it made it a fun and interesting read . 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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5feet.of.fury
Fury | Alex Michaelides
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Pickpick

The reviews I‘ve seen for this are really negative but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Way better than The Silent Patient. Just a bunch of pretty rich people being envious & scheming against eachother on a gorgeous island. People with too much time on their hands keeping their friends close & their enemies closer.