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That is one messed up crazy woman. Nick is right she is F---ing Psycho!
It's rare that I love a book, its voices and the writing, and dislike the characters. I'm just fine with that. This means to me that Flynn is a hell of a writer, authentic; she's done her job. Main characters Amy and Nick are tangible and seriously flawed. They're just like you and me...well, maybe not.
Told in alternating chapters from their respective points of view, part in diary form, part in real time. The reader gets the whole story, the mystery, two halves together. Through the first part ...more
Told in alternating chapters from their respective points of view, part in diary form, part in real time. The reader gets the whole story, the mystery, two halves together. Through the first part ...more
Fabulous, fabulous book. I was truly riveted and left guessing until the very end. Flynn provides a very smart, fast-paced look at a complicated marriage and the twists and turns that the couple encounters. But this is no normal couple; Nick and Amy's marriage is a bit like a horrific train wreck that you don't want to see but also can't look away from. I fluctuated between love and hate, empathy and disgust for both Nick and Amy but also for other characters like Amy's parents, Desi, Boney. I c
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Apr 02, 2012
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the beginning of the book really had me bored. this was a book chosen for our book club and i was really hating it. to me is seemed like a "ripped from the headlines" kind of read. Then i got to part two. WOW! This book was awesome. I hated the characters and loved them all at the same time. It gives crazy a whole new perspective.
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Wow! This book kept me turning pages. I really liked the way the author wrote the chapters. One from the husband's perspective & the next from the wife's. I heard many didn't like the ending, but I thought it was fitting.
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You won't be able to put it down...
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This is a very well written book. I enjoyed the switching of the POV between the husband and the wife. I even enjoyed not knowing who to "root" for, since they're both pretty unlikable characters. I have to wonder about the mind of the author to have come up with a character like Amy Dunne. She (Amy) kept me guessing right up to the very last page.
I can't wait to see how this translates to the big screen. ...more
I can't wait to see how this translates to the big screen. ...more
Wow! This book kept me turning pages. I really liked the way the author wrote the chapters. One from the husband's perspective & the next from the wife's. I heard many didn't like the ending, but I thought it was fitting.
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This novel introduces a character as scary as anything Stephen King or Dean Koontz could have written. So disturbing, but so well-written.
Really interesting---lots of twists. Language is super, super-FOWL which just starts to really grate on you. Very disappointed by the ending.
