Gone Girl in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jun 14, 2013 Jacqie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book gives you the ultimate in unreliable narrators- a husband and wife team. You can't take anything that either Nick or Amy say at face value.

No way to talk about the book without SPOILERS********
so be warned.

The theme of the book seems to be about how we both long for and fear being truly known. Nick begins to cut himself off from Amy after he loses his job and begins drifting, knowing that she's seeing him at his worst. Amy despises Nick for not seeing past her "Cool Girl" facade to t ...more

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Jul 10, 2015 Monica rated it liked it

Shelves: own, fiction, 2015-yearly-challenge, cammp-cabin-4-challenge, nbrc-gladiator-challenge, mmp-500-member-book-party, psychological-fiction, psychological

Well what can I say, I read the book. I haven't seen the movie so nothing was spoiled for me. I didn't find this book a thriller or very suspenseful. There were moments of suspense but not throughout the whole book. I usually don't care for books that go back and forth between people or time. That did not bother me but I did fell like reading all of Nick or all of Amy sometimes.

So Nick's wife goes 'missing' or possibly murdered on their fifth wedding anniversary. In the beginning it felt like it ...more

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Jun 09, 2015 Marta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: female-author, mystery-thriller, library

This is a brilliantly written thriller. The story keeps twisting and turning, she keeps you interested and even when you predict the next turn, you are still surprised. Flynn clearly has done her research on how a psycopath sees the world.
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Jan 30, 2015 RebeccaErGlad MegetGlad rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The book suffered, because I'd already seen the movie. So no surprises. I don't really know how to review the book and not the movie. I enjoyed the murkiness. I didn't know who to like, who to root for. I'm thinking Ben Affleck wasn't the right choice, though. I'm not really sure.

Can't write anything intelligent, so I'll just not. Sorry. ...more

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Aug 22, 2013 Megan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, best-books-by-state, favorites, suspense-thriller

I was so intrigued the whole time; I couldn't stop reading. I think I saw the second half coming, but the "twist" at end, I definitely didn't. I liked the alternating perspectives. ...more

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