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I couldn't agree with you more Jean. Gone Girl was much better put together and the characters had depth. In this book Rachel is pathetic. As you read along and get more into the story, my feelings for her didn't change. She was pathetic throughout the whole book!
I could have written this comment myself. I loved Gone Girl, hated this book. I forced myself to finish it but it honestly felt like homework. What a try-hard mess.
add me as another who felt this way a out this book. I enjoyed Gone Girl and couldn't put it away but this was just not thrilling. I also don't see the attraction to this book. Though it was a quick read
I feel the same. I didn't like any of these characters at all so it made it hard for me to care. I also had pegged early on who I thought probably did it and was right, so I didn't even feel suspense about what the ending would be. I loved Gone Girl though - I had someone to root for because I liked the main (guy) character.
I didn't care for the characters in Gone Girl either, but at least that was well-written and had a fabulous plot twist midway. Kept waiting for the payoff in this mess and there wasn't one..I predicted the murderer one third of the way in. And I HATED the first person perspective from each of the three women characters. The tone was melodramatic and I couldn't wait to be finished.
I wanted to like the book, but I didn't. I labored through the book in two days. I just wanted it to end.
Chacun à leur goût. I loved it and couldn't put it down from the moment I started it to the moment I finished it nine hours later ...
I barely got through this book just to understand why people were raving about it... I still don't understand why people are raving about it!
From a primarily non-fiction reader and reviewer. I began to read this novel for a at work book club (an academic library). Jean's and other's comments here give me more reason to return to "Gone Girl" someday. I like a healthy dose of introspection, but prefer a balance of more details about the physical environment. Hawkins, through the character Rachel, spends so much time on imagined characters and scenes. I would prefer more about the physical of reality of the trains, the English countryside, London area, Rachel's work, etc. Many refer to Alfred Hitchcock in their reviews, but physical environment and settings were just as important as introspection was in Hitchcock's works.
I agree completely. I found the characters unlikeable, even the tangential ones, and the big plot twist can be seen a mile away. The primary reason I finished it is because I paid for it, which I regret.
The highest goal of every book is not to make its characters likable, for gosh's sake, what a terrible measure of judgement.
Thanks,John. I have to say, though, that Emily Blount portrayed the main character in the movie much more sympathetically than the original character, whom I found to be shallow, immature, and imminently unlikeable. This is one of the few movies that turned out better than the supremely boring and predictable.
Noah, what an interesting judgement you have made. I didn't just not like the shallow, undeveloped characters, the book dragged, the plot twist was one that could be seen from a mile away, and it was too easy to see who had some what. I find it interesting that you think it is okay to make rude comments on someone else's opinion. If you liked a book , or disliked a book for some reason, I wouldn't say to you that your opinion was terrible. Perhaps you identified with the characters too strongly. I suggest that in the future if you see one of my reviews that you not read it. Just say no!
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Hats off to both the modern day writers, 'Gillian Flynn' & 'Paula Hawkins'.