Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
“There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.”
This book will always go down as when of the best twists I've ever read. Mostly because, I did not see the twist coming AT ALL. I read a lot of books, and even though certain twists can catch me a bit by surprise, I'm often not fully surprised. I know that something is coming, maybe something with a specific character or plot point, so I guess a certain extent of what the author is going to say next. But for Gone Girl, I remember saying "WTF!" out loud and rereading because it felt like no way could that have been what just happened. And therein is one of the largest reasons I really enjoyed this book.
I also enjoyed getting the snippets of Nick and Amy's courtship and marriage in this very creative timeline. You don't get it all at once, rather small spurts that slowly peel back the layers of this marriage, the joys and struggles of it as well as the state of mind of both Amy and Nick at the time of this tragedy. This adds to the darkness and mystery of the main plotline and I applaud Flynn for this creativeness.
Flynn also saves one of the darkest moments for the end of the book, which is shocking in its subtlety. These last pages showed just how truly sick of a relationship Nick and Amy had and how twisted both of their minds truly are.
The book was twisted, disturbing, and often horrifying. It was also impossible to put down.
Synopsis: It’s the day of Nick and Amy Dunne’s 5th wedding anniversary, and Amy disappears. The cops, media and Amy’s parents are hounding Nick, what could have happened? Nick starts spinning a web of lies and is evasive, he is obviously bitter, but is he a killer?