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{Book Review} Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn

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  • Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn
  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (June 5, 2012)

Book Summary and Review:

When Amy Dunne disappears from her home on their 5th wedding anniversary, her husband, Nick, quickly becomes the prime suspect. Nick maintains his innocence, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. This psychological thriller takes readers on a journey to a truth even darker than they can imagine.

Gone Girl: A Novel kept me reading on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I would think I knew where the plot was about to go and then would be pleasantly surprised to find out that I was wrong.

The book switches back and forth from Nick to Amy, letting each tell the story from their point of view. About halfway through the book we find out what has happened to the missing Amy. The mystery is solved (for the reader at least), but there’s still a lot of plot to be unraveled before we get to the truth about Nick, Amy and the real state of their marital relationship.

I was not satisfied with what I felt was an abrupt ending to the story. At first, I was disappointed: “How could the author let the story end like this?” But after a few days of thinking about it, I realized that real life is never happily ever after for most people, so why should it be for Amy and Nick.  I guess I can live with the novel’s ending.

Gone Girl: The Novel is well-written, humorous at times and full of dark plot twists and turns that will shock the reader. I recommend reading it.

Have you read Gone Girl yet? What did you think about the book? Do you recommend it to others? Please feel free to leave your comments below.

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  1. Rachel @ Rachel's Giveaways says

    This was one of the best books I’ve read in a while. I couldn’t put it down, especially after I reached the major plot twist halfway through. I too thought the ending was a bit disappointing, but I guess with two such flawed characters, there wasn’t a way to wrap it up with a happy ending.

    • Nicole says

      Hi Rachel, thanks for stopping by and leaving your comments. I haven’t talked to anyone about the book yet, so didn’t know if anyone would agree about the ending. It’s one of the best books I have read this year too – but I have been on a YA Lit kick lately and some were pretty dumb plot wise. Gone Girl’s plot kicked butt. 🙂