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Feb 05, 2013
lisa_emily
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If I had to condense this book into three words, they would be: hostile, clever, funny. Yes, despite the seemingly dark territory that this book covers, I found it very funny. As I had mentioned in my status updates, this book’s main plot circles around the nearly suffocating and deceptive nature of relationships. In the obvious plane, the marriage and its breakdown between the characters, but also the liaison between us- the reader, the author, and the characters; yes a straight-up regular ména
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Gah! I don't know whether I like or dislike this book. I felt very irritated and impatient for it to be over for much of the way through, and yet I did want to know how it would end enough to keep reading. I figured out the first big twist very early on, and one of the theories I had about the ending was close to the real one, so I wish there had been more surprises than there were. I was constantly aware that I was being manipulated by Flynn, which I don't like. If you want to mess with me, fin
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I had a hard time rating this book. If I were rating on writing quality it would be higher, but while I thought it was well written, I also hated it at the same time because there are just practically no characters that you like in this story, which is in itself a kudos to Gillian Flynn for creating such despicable people. Still, you find yourself compelled to stay the course to find out what happens in the end, which was definitely not what I expected. So in summary, a well written novel, that
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I was compelled along to finish this but found the characters completely lacking any redeeming qualities or anything that would endear them to the reader. I didn't feel sympathy or empathy for either of them and wasn't invested in how it would turn out for either - though I thought the ending was pretty terrible too.
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I didn't see what was coming and even at the very end, there was room for more surprises, which I find impressive. the whole thing was crazy - but the actual possibility of having to live life the way the final events indicated was real enough to leave me genuinely troubled.
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Well-written and it certainly held my interest, and I appreciate that clearly we're not meant to like either lead (though for vastly different reasons), but the ending was so thoroughly unsatisfying as to knock it down a star. Just no real payoff whatsoever
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Jul 19, 2013
Crystal
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it was amazing
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This is such a twisted book. It didn't end the way it "was supposed to" - but it was brilliantly written. Simply amazing.
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A page turner for sure, although I'm not sure how I felt about it by the time it was over.
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Nov 15, 2013
Robin
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