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Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

Why we're reading this: Group pick for Modern Classics/Popular - Nov 2019
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Jul 22, 2012 Kasia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Nick & Amy.

Two young aspiring writers who managed to find each other and who fell in love during warm summer nights, silly weekend trips and who bonded over all the whimsy and fun that NY offered them. Fast forward to their five year wedding anniversary and Nick is a mess and Amy nowhere to be found…

Gone Girl is a story about a marriage that is hijacked buy something twisted, a need to play and make people learn their lessons. It’s a highly intelligent and witty story with more plot contortions ...more

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Jul 24, 2014 Christina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What in the hell did I just read... CLICK HERE ...more

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Aug 02, 2014 Franzi rated it really liked it

Oh, oh, those people are CRAZY!
No review for obvious spoiler reasons. But I agree with a lot of other people and don't think it's a good ending. ...more

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Jan 01, 2015 Amber Lea rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Update 8/8/20: Wisecrack recently posted this take on Gone Girl (spoiler alert) and I think it does a good job of summing up the point of this book. BUT I would argue this isn't the way it has to be, and the reason I don't like the book is because it accepts this fate.

Of course, I do accept that escaping this fate, with society being the way it is, might be nearly impossible, especially for heterosexual couples who are under intense pressure to behave a certain way in relation to each other. But ...more

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Feb 18, 2014 Carrie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I want to go on record that I do not like this book. Yes, it is a page turner. I know a lot of you liked it, and I'm not here to judge. But, I ended up disgusted by both of the main characters and dispirited by the plot twists. I don't like a book with no heroes. That and the fact that I found it overly graphic sexually left me feeling yucky at the end and wishing I had stopped turning those pages somewhere along the way.
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Mar 05, 2013 Deanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this style of writing!

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Dec 28, 2012 Shelley Shoemaker rated it liked it · review of another edition

I could see this being made into a movie. Strange and somewhat unbelievable. It tries to be a psychological thriller, but after just having come off of a Stephen King novel, it just doesn't cut it! It was a fun read though! ...more

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