Real review to come...

Timeline of a mental breakdown over a book

Aug 26: Reads Flannery's review comparing Fury to Heathers. Gets excited.

Sept 6: Orders from FishpondWorld. It's double what I normally pay for books, but what the hell. It can be an early birthday present to myself.


Sept 16: Fury status on Fishpond: "Picked & Packed"

Sept 18: "In transit to our local distribution center"

Sept 19: Back to "On Order"

Sept 25: "Order delayed"
Sends email.


Sept 25: "There has been a temporary delay in sourcing this item. We now expect it to arrive at our warehouse between 03/10/11 and 13/10/11."

Sept 26-Oct 12:

Oct 13: No word from Fishpond, but Fury still listed as "In Stock - Ships within 8-18 days" on the website. Sends email.

Oct 14: "Order delayed."

Oct 15: Asks for further details since book is listed as in stock.

Oct 16: "We cannot guarantee that will be able to get this item. If you would prefer to cancel this item please log in to your account..."

Oct 16: Refuses to cancel.

Asks Fishpond to keep checking.

Oct 19: "We do apologise for the delay in your order we estimate your order to arrive between 27/10/11 and 06/11/11."


Oct 20: Fishpond finally changes the status of Fury from "In Stock" to "Unavailable"

Oct 24: Fury marked as "In Stock - Buy in the next 6 hours, we ship today!"

Sends email.

Oct 25: No response.

Oct 26: No response.

Oct 27: Response?


Oct 28:

Oct 29:

Oct 30:

Oct 31: "Hooray! Today we sent you Fury. Expect delivery between 03/11/2011 and 06/11/2011."


Nov 6: No book.