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I wanted to read this before I saw the miniseries (I was intrigued by the exceptional casting. I happen to love Patricia Clarkson, and Amy Adams is always solid in her roles.) I was somewhat disappointed by this. I THINK, if memory serves, I was the only one in my book club that enjoyed Gone Girl because the husband and wife in that book were so unapologetically diabolical, and it was a guilty pleasure reading what would happen next. It was like watching Bette Davis in The Little Foxes, or Barba
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Jan 10, 2014
Lea Elizabeth Ludwig
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The writing in this book is just amazing. The story is really suspenseful and pretty sick. I couldn't put it down. Gillian Flynn has a pretty twisted imagination to come up with this book and with Gone Girl. Now I have to read Dark Places. I just put it on hold at the Library! Thanks Kim Price, for the recommendation!
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This might be my favorite of all of Gillian Flynn's novels. It was so twisted and creepy, and Flynn's protagonist was so messed up and so unaware of it that it was extremely interesting to read. I feel like this was the most disturbing of all of Flynn's novels, and the protagonist was extremely damaged and problematic, which made her narration of the story much more compelling. It was so twisted and gross and it really got under my skin. Flynn does an amazing job of making the most messed up of
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May 27, 2014
Amy Lafleur Meyers
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Jim Byrne
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