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On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?… (more)
claudiemae: I really enjoyed this book,my first read by this author. I got "Gone Girl,because i like how this author writes.But,I did not like "Gone Girl',really,was this written by Gillian Flynn? I was dissapointed,and hope she can do better with her next one,she does have talent.… (more)
BookshelfMonstrosity: Dark, disturbing secrets belie seemingly perfect marriages in these fast-paced, compelling psychological suspense novels, which unfold from multiple perspectives. In each, the narrator searches for a missing spouse who may not be the person they thought they knew.… (more)
BookshelfMonstrosity: In these character-driven and intricately plotted psychological suspense stories, seemingly devoted husbands become prime suspects in their wives' disappearances. As investigations unfold, disturbing secrets are unearthed -- casting both couples' relationships in a new and unsettling light.… (more)
GirlMisanthrope: "Consequences" too has twists and turns, becomes sinister, while detailing an insane relationship. Cold, calculating, then a shocking ending.
KayCliff: Both novels have multiple points of view, an unreliable narrator, and a complex, clever plot, but only Gone Girl is stuffed with filthy language.
Today I took the day off everything and read ‘Gone Girl’. Having already seen and really enjoyed the film, it didn’t have the visceral shock value that it could have done. Nonetheless, it’s a brilliantly compelling novel. It was the film that spurred me to read the book and I think Fincher fully did it justice. In terms of comparison, the novel includes some interesting nuances of class and privilege, as well as additional vicious asides from both Nick and Amy. On the other hand, the film presented, how can I put this delicately, Desi’s final scene much more powerfully. Indeed, I was impressed by how poisonous and horrifying Desi seemed in both book and film, considering he was sharing page/screen time with Nick and Amy. They are incredibly well evoked and alarmingly convincing characters. Both are superficially charming yet troubled and terrible people, for all that their backgrounds seem to at least partially explain their huge flaws. Of course, it is the pair of them that are trying to justify their awful decisions to the reader, using their respective upbringings as excuses. It’s all very psychologically effective and at the same time astutely critical of the wider social context (especially media sensationalism). Also, I have a weakness for women-take-revenge narratives and this is a fascinating twist on that. I can definitely see why ‘Gone Girl’ is so wildly popular.
What concerns me is how Amy and Nick’s child will turn out. Can you imagine growing up in that household?( )
this is my first Gillian Flynn book i read and it was really good. the twists and turns were really interesting and fun to discover and i really like the idea of "you think you know a person but you will never truly know what a person is thinking or going through and they might not be the person you think they are" which i found to be kinda scary but it was an entertaining read. ( )
Flynn writes bright, clever, cynical sentences. Maybe too many of them in Gone Girl. The same facts and ideas seem to repeat themselves. But that’s a minor gripe in a book that never slacks in tightening the suspense.
The basic questions the mystery asks are these: did the journalist husband murder his well-to-do missing wife or is she setting him up to pay a creepy price? On Flynn’s slick way to reaching the answer, she pulls the rug from under us readers three times. Or was it four?
added by VivienneR | editThe Toronto Star, Jack Batten(Jun 2, 2012)
This American author shook up the thriller scene in 2007 with her debut Sharp Objects, nasty and utterly memorable. Gone Girl, her third novel, is even better – an early contender for thriller of the year and an absolute must read.
Love is the world's infinite mutability: Lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood.
Tony Kushner, THE ILLUSION
Dedication
To Brett: light of my life, senior and Flynn: light of my life, junior
First words
When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.
Quotations
I don’t know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with TV and movies and now the Internet. If we are betrayed, we know the words to say; when a loved one dies, we know the words to say. It we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared script.
I'm a big fan of the lie of omission.
I hated Nick for being surprised when I became me.
You are an average, lazy, boring, cowardly, woman-fearing man. Without me, that’s what you would have kept on being, ad nauseam. But I made you into something. You were the best man you’ve ever been with me. And you know it.
It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.
Last words
I don't have anything else to add. I just wanted to make sure I had the last word. I think I've earned that.
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
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Golden boy Nick Dunne, brings his socialite wife, Amy, back to live in his hometown on the Mississippi River. She is miserable and on their fifth wedding anniversary she disappears. Soon Nick finds himself lying, and acting inappropriately but continues to claim his innocence with his twin sister at his side.
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Lies disguised as truth/Is she dead or simply gone?/Ask Punch and Judy. (BrileyOC)
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