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The Amber Fury
The Amber Fury | Natalie Haynes
8 posts | 13 read | 16 to read
*** Shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award 2014 *** When you open up, who will you let in? Alex Morris has lost everything:her relationship, her career and her faith in the future. Moving to Edinburgh to escape her demons, Alex takes a job teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit. It's a place for kids whose behaviour is so extreme that they cannot be taught in a normal classroom. Alex is fragile with grief and way out of her depth. Her fourth-year students are troubled and violent. In desperation to reach them, Alex turns to the stories she knows best. Greek tragedy isn't the most obvious way to win over such damaged children, yet these tales of fate, family and vengeance speak directly to them. Enthralled by the bloodthirsty justice of the ancient world, the teenagers begin to weave the threads of their own tragedy - one that Alex watches, helpless to prevent.
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TheEllieMo
The Amber Fury | Natalie Haynes
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Mehso-so

I‘m not totally sure what I feel about this one. It made me want to keep reading, but there were elements missing for me; main character Alex didn‘t gel with me.

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HettyG
The Furies: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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An intensely readable page turner, I very much enjoy this author! I found myself thinking a lot about the universality of our stories in the aftermath of trauma. Well drawn characters and the reader of the audio book had a great voice and a great balance of reading/performing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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LadyCait84
The Furies: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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I found this to be an interesting story — especially with the eerie echoes of my own short-lived teaching career held within — highlighting a type of relationship that rarely gets explored, and showing the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on a person without ever realizing it.

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Yhernandez16
The Furies: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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Found this book for only $1, and was not disappointed. 📖

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LadyCait84
The Furies: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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Snuggled up with my pup and ready to read.

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jhod
The Amber Fury | Natalie Haynes
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#31bookpics @howjessreads #currentlyreading

Intrigued to know where this one is going - billed as a crime novel but I'm not sure what the crime is yet....

Soubhiville What a funny bookmark! 6y
jhod @Soubhiville it's great isn't it? A #litsyfriend gave it me 😊 6y
Cathythoughts There‘s that bookmark again 👍🏻😂 6y
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Eyejaybee
Amber Fury | Natalie Haynes
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Pickpick
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Vikz
Amber Fury | Natalie Haynes
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#weeksreading for my face-to-face bookclub