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    The Fury

    By Alexander Gordon Smith

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    About this ebook

    From the creator of the Escape from Furnace series, a ferocious epic of supernatural terror, perfect for Stephen King fans
    Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turns against you, if every person you know, every person you meet becomes a bloodthirsty, mindless savage . . . That's the horrifying reality for Cal, Brick, and Daisy. Friends, family, even moms and dads, are out to get them. Their world has the Fury. It will not rest until they are dead.

    In Alexander Gordon Smith's adrenaline-fueled saga, Cal and the others must uncover the truth about what is happening before it destroys them all. But survival comes at a cost. In their search for answers, what they discover will launch them into battle with an enemy of unimaginable power.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 23, 2013
    ISBN9780374324971
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    The Fury
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    Alexander Gordon Smith

    Alexander Gordon Smith lives in Norwich, England. "The Stephen King of YA horror," he is the author of The Fury; The Inventors; the Escape from Furnace series, which has sold nearly half-a-million copies; and the Devil's Engine series.

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    • 5/5
      The only reasons this is a YA Horror is the age of the characters and no cursing or sex. The horror is very real. Some of the haunting images that The Fury leaves you with are amazing. The best part is the connection to the characters since it is told from each of their points of view. Great ending also.
    • 3/5
      This book is kind of a drag that's all over the place. It wastes a lot of time on ancillary stuff that doesn't really add anything to the story. The characters are also really lackluster as well. I feel like this story could have been told much better in about half the length.
    • 5/5
      Incredible. Just awesome, I can't... This book had me crying and laughing and sad and excited and, really, just a mess.

      There were moments when it dragged a bit. It always picked back up though, and in the best way. This is definitely my #2 favorite book of all time.
    • 5/5
      This review first appeared on The Book Zone(For Boys) blog

      There are a handful of authors for whom I will drop everything to read their new book when it arrives. Alexander Gordon Smith is one of them. His Escape From Furnace series is not only one of my favourite series of recent years, but also one of my all-time favourite series of YA horror books. In my opinion he leaves most of the competition standing, and yes, I include Shan and Higson there.

      What I love most about the Furnace series, and now The Fury can be added to this as well, is the way Gordon (for that is how he prefers to be known) taps into the things that we fear the most. I'm not talking about spiders, rats, death here, but those primal fears that lurk deep with our psyches have done for millennia. Loss of freedom, loss of identity, loss of the things that make us human were all themes covered in the Furnace books, and now in The Fury Gordon goes for the jugular and builds his story around a fear that nearly every child, teenager and adult fears deeply - their friends and family, the people they love the most in the world, turning on them. And we're not just talking playground bullying here, or petty arguments between friends. In The Fury a handful of young people find their loved ones suddenly turning on them, chasing them and literally trying to pull them apart, like a pack of hyaenas slaughtering an isolated baby gazelle.

      In The Fury it is as if Alexander Gordon Smith has taken the whole zombie genre, put it in a blender, added his own twisted imagination and incredible talent in equal measures and pressed the on switch. The result is something that is a gore-filled, feral frenzy of a story, with an underlying theme that will have you thinking about it for weeks after the final page has been turned. It is the book that puts Alexander Gordon Smith ahead of the pack in the race for the title of 'the Stephen King of YA horror'.

      The blurb at the beginning of this review tells you pretty much all you need to know about the story, although I will clarify one major point. Although similar in nature to the traditional zombie story it differs in one significant way - there is not a zombie in sight, and this is what makes it even more terrifying. Certain individuals suddenly find their nearest and dearest filled with a blood lust and a single-minded desire to pound them into a bloody pulp, even if it means pain and injury to themselves in the process, and yet once the deed is done they immediately return to normal, as if some omnipotent being is turning their 'behave-like-a-zombie switch' on and off for fun. So if you love horror, but are tired with the idea of legions of rotting, stumbling undead munching on brains, then this is the book for you.

      This is a 500-page book and yet it reads like something much slimmer in page count. I mean this as the greatest of compliments. There is not a single word of padding in this story, and every word is made to count, and as such there is no scene or passage in the book that ever feels like it is dragging its heels. Instead, I found myself poring through the pages as rapidly as possible, desperately concerned for the fate of the small handful of well-crafted characters that the author collects together. Alexander Gordon Smith is a master story teller and he knows when to speed things up and have the reader's heart pounding hard on their ribcage, and he knows when it is time to give that heart a brief moment of respite before turning the dial back up to 11 and beyond.

      The Fury is the first book in a two-part series from Alexander Gordon Smith, and as such does not come anywhere close to having an ending that answers the questions posed during the story. However, it does leave us lusting for more, although at present I am not sure when the sequel is due to be published. If you are at all like me it will also have you thinking about it for weeks after, its themes sneaking back into your conscious thoughts when you least expect it.
    • 3/5
      One of the most suspenseful, frightening opening chapters I've read in quite awhile in YA fiction... Alexander Gordon Smith is definitely taking a page from Stephen King's writing: take something incredible normal, everyday, and twist it - and then let your protagonist(s) try to catch up, survive, escape, figure it out, whatever. To be cont....
    • 3/5
      Because the second book in the series was better I decided to read the third book. I have to admit the story line has gotten better and more interesting. This one had more action which made the story fast past. Elena was also more likeable in this one…way less snobby. However, I’m still not sold on the idea of her and Stefan’s love. The plus side for me was learning more about Damon. I think for me he is the more crushworthy one of the brothers because of his mysterious and dangerous background.
    • 4/5
      It's been half a lifetime at least (literally) since I read these books, but I thought I would pick them up again since they've now gained new popularity thanks to Twilight (which I have not read/seen) and a CW show based on the books (which I have not seen yet)! They're definitely teen fiction - not terribly insightful or well written - but they are fun :)
    • 4/5
      Story-line: What if one day everyone around you turned on you and treated you as if you didn’t belong? Even worse, what if they decided that tearing you apart was perfectly acceptable and everyone is now your enemy? I felt that the story line in the novel was good, but the constant changes in point of view threw me off a bit. I would really be getting into the book when suddenly BAM! We had a new point of view. This is the main reason I felt this book was a four star read instead of five.Writing: Alexander Gordon Smith has a way of writing that can express funny, realistic heartfelt scenes in one moment and in the next write a scary, gory scene that has you sitting on the edge of your seat. The gore factor in this one wasn’t toned down and I enjoyed it more because of this. There were a few scenes that genuinely creeped me out a bit. Characters: The story is told by three main characters named Cal, Brick, and Daisy although more come into the story as it progresses. The characters were different enough that I never became confused as to who was who. They each contributed to the story and I found myself enjoying all of them as the story developed.Originality: This one was pretty original and I liked the concept of the book. It was a fun twist on a horror dystopian seemed to blend both genres effortlessly. Ending:I liked that the book ended on a good note and many of the loose ends were tied up. I enjoy a first book in a series more when the book allows me to decide whether or not I want to read the sequel rather than hitting me with a huge cliffhanger that makes me feel obligated to read the second one. This book has allowed me the choice of whether or not to continue on with the series and I wholeheartedly plan on it.Extras: The book flowed well and was overall entertaining. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      This is has got to be the longest book I’ve read this year.I’m going to start off with what bothered me about the book. The book is good, don’t get me wrong. But, it has a lot of point of view switches. A LOT of point of views switches. And while each point of views flowed well, it bugged me that I kept jumping from mind to mind. I found myself frustrated cause just when the plot is getting good…BAM switch. I really just wanted to stay in someone’s mind for a while without having to jump before I’m ready.The plot of the book flowed well despite all the point of view switches. Still, the plot is very entertaining with the people changing and the world colliding. I like that it ended on a good note as well. It has a bittersweet ending that closed up all loose ends.The Fury is an well-sustained story that is ambitious. Fast-moving with loads of crazies and out of this world imagination, The Fury builds up an world with enough efficacy to make you believe all that is happening is real. The Fury is terrific.
    • 3/5
      I don't know why but the reading on this just fell flat for me. I think I am too biased to the show to enjoy the readings.However, for a vampire series, at least this one is more ideally written. The vampires lust for blood instead of love all the time like in Twilight. Makes for a more eventful reading.
    • 3/5
      Elena is very self sacrificing and now has reedemable qualites, so it makes the series now worth reading. This book was much, much better, but not a tear jerker. The characters still aren't strong enough to make me feel for them.
    • 3/5
      I liked the unexpected start and outcome of this book, but I simply don't believe in the everlasting love between Elena and Stefan, let alone the fact that she is willing to die for him and his brother.
    • 4/5
      it's a scary story, i loved the events, the fantasy was great. it's make me wana be a vampier too
    • 3/5
      After the disappointment that was book 2, I was actually very pleasantly surprised by book 3. It was even better than the first book - mostly because people actually started talking, instead of making weird assumptions. I have to admit to now being kind of curious to see what happens in book 4.The similarities between this and Twilight aren't as great any longer either, which is a relief, as it makes it easier for me to view it as a series in its own right, rather than a much inferior 'prelude'.
    • 4/5
      After drowning in a car accident Elena wakes as a vampire, determined to save her town from the mysterious evil that threatens it. Meanwhile two darkly handsome vampire brothers vie for her affections..