Book reviews
Alex Michaelides
Alex Michaelides
The Fury
The Fury: Elliot says he loves Lana and needs her to play the part he wrote
A Greek island, seven people and a narrator who talks so much about his pain that he nearly leaves us no time to look at what he did.
October 8, 2026
Alex Michaelides
The Maidens
The Maidens: Mariana was hunting a killer and still defending her dead husband
Cambridge provides the buildings, the Greeks provide the tragedy, and Mariana provides a trust nobody had earned.
October 8, 2026
Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient: Alicia stops speaking, and Theo makes her silence his whole career
Alicia Berenson shoots her husband and never speaks again. Theo Faber becomes obsessed with getting her to talk. That is already a questionable professional boundary before the book starts hiding things from us.
October 6, 2026