Title: Gone Girl
Author Gillian Flynn
Published by: Crown Publishers
Format: hardback book
Page Count: 419
Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. As The Washington Post proclaimed, her work “draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.” Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn.
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick Dunne’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick Dunne isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but hearing from Amy through flashbacks in her diary reveal the perky perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister Margo at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was left in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?
I have to start off by saying I wanted to read this book as soon as I saw it on the library homepage as a new book, but every time I tried to check it out it was checked out. So I waited and waited. Well finally it was available and I got it. I was really excited about getting it. I started reading and thought wow this is going to be a really awesome book, and it is.
Something I noticed in the very beginning of the book is the suspense. It is a nail biter, you are one the edge of the seat just about wandering what is going to happen next, you keep guessing, thinking, and wandering lol because right in the very beginning I would say within the first couple of chapters you have this idea and then after that you are thrown twist after twist. I like the guessing and the suspense that is what makes the book so good because you think you know but you don’t. This books deals with marriage, mistresses, parents, stalking, ex boyfriends, lies, alibi’s etc. So with that in mind you are in for a lot of drama a great great book.
It is a neat book because right away we are told about the married life between Nick and Amy, we are shown what happens right away, well almost right away and then we are told about the characters themselves. we get a sense of who they are, how they met etc through diary messages of Amy’s. For me that was confusing and annoying in the beginning because the book starts off with Nick talking and then few pages later we read about a passage from Amy’s diary and then it back to Nick, then back to Amy, but that is done to get us to understand both point of views, and what is happening and has happened. The relationship that Amy and Nick has is one that you would not have expected, well I did not. Also, what happens and how it is carried out is not what I saw coming either but that is what suspense is all about, it keeps you on edge. At time your like did Nick do it? No way, he could not have? Some one else did! No he did, lol back and forth throughout the majority of the book. Then we see what has happened, finally!!! What a relief!! How far would you go to get away? What would you do to save and protect yourself from the lies? Do you agree with the actions of Amy and Nick? Answer these questions after you have read the book. Let’s just say I know what I would do!!!
I loved what the cover of the book looked like because it is a plain cover, black with red writing on it but towards the binding of the book is blond hair, possibly Amy’s blonde hair that Gillian Flynn wanted to add to give the book cover character which I think it did. Amy’s blonde hair is made to look like it is blowing in the wind. That is awesome, not many people consider a books cover but I do. I like to look at it and get a sense of what it is about before getting into.
Read this book! It is really good!!
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