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While Nick is clearing not winning any husband of the year awards, framing him for murder seems a wee bit of an overreaction. Most wives just leave their cheating husbands. And based off of what we know about Amy from her past relationships, she was bound to do something crazy eventually, whether or not Nick did anything to precipitate that behavior.
She is an alpha female from what I noticed. Amy overreacts when she feels dominated, insecure and the worst, avoided. As mentioned somewhere in the book, she craves to be treated as a God. The story of Nick and Amy is just like many other americans who fall in love with showy faces and later when true faces are brought out, resent each other. Besides a psycho, Amy is a strong modern woman who does not wish to divorce nick but to teach him a lesson for cheating. I admire her guts.
I think everytime she gets hurt she gets pushed more and more towards her breaking point. Because she got a restraining order put on desi and she framed her one ex-boyfriend for rape. And then she goes and kills desi with a box cutter. Amy is just a rollercoaster that never comes down.
As much as I hate to admit it, to a very small degree, I found myself relating to Amy. Well, Diary Amy, anyway. As someone who has struggled with confidence my entire life, I often find myself slipping into different "roles" or personalities (e.g. Cool Girl) depending on who I am with. Less so the older I get, but still. And while confidence is the underlying factor that drives us to do this, we fall on two very different ends of the spectrum. I'm not confident enough, so I hide behind different personalities. Amy is too confident, confident she is the best thing that has ever happened. So she gets to be anyone, and with anyone, that she wants.
Amy was a sociopath right from childhood.
I read Gone Girl quite some time ago. I actually bought the book because of the incredible hype that surrounded. Oh, the question, why is Amy how she is? OOPS!!! I see that another reader beat me to the punch. The fictional character of Amy is a stone cold narcissistic sociopath. Period.
Kudos to Diana.
Yep, Amy is crazy as hell. I mean, framing her husband for murder? I think she kind of fits borderline personality disorder. I think her childhood probably messed her up. Imagine competing with a fictional character named after you and never measuring up. Pretty crazy stuff.With that being said, I think her cool-girl monologue was right on the money. I loved it. I mean come on, we were all "cool girl" at one time and it was exhausting! I found myself shaking my head and thinking "yep, she does have a point there:)"
Great book! And great movie too.
Karen wrote: "Yep, Amy is crazy as hell. I mean, framing her husband for murder? I think she kind of fits borderline personality disorder. I think her childhood probably messed her up. Imagine competing with a f..."Karen, it's nice to hear someone else say that about the Cool Girl monologue! I'm glad I'm not the only one that identified with that part of Amy!
Amy treats her life like a drama or a reality show. She lives a life for others to think that its perfect faking that she is the one who makes it that way. Not very far from our own real life reality show people, except they are not as psychologically manipulative as she is. Fabricating a rape and committing a perfect murder are something to fear of and it actually made Amy amazing.Its sad that Nick's character fails to invoke any empathy in us. His sister is someone i like a lot in the book.
You know, this is what makes a good read! The characters are well drawn and we think about them afterwards. I read this book over 3 years ago, and it still resonates. Did you read "Girl on the Train"? I really enjoyed that one too.
Yep. Girl on the train is good as well. Book was far better than the movie. Anna's character was well etched at the end in the book.
Yes. Are you familiar with KL Slater? Just discovered her and am now on my third book. Also just finished "Woman in the Window", which I really enjoyed.
I personally think Amy Dunn is crazy and manipulative.
That was my take too. Maybe more manipulative than crazy.
A well-written character.She is amazingly heartless!
Erika wrote: "Karen wrote: "Yep, Amy is crazy as hell. I mean, framing her husband for murder? I think she kind of fits borderline personality disorder. I think her childhood probably messed her up. Imagine comp..."IKR? lol. I really loved that part of the book!
" and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl."
Puleez! That is priceless! I tried to be cool girl once and so did many other women...come on now, admit it! lol
I love the Cool Girl thing, too. I think Amy has identity issues, an unstable sense of self...remember the part where she has just left and is at the campground and keeps saying " 'I' like such and such a thing"? Or does she say " 'Amy' likes such and such a thing"? I can't remember now, but she puts herself in quotes. Like this is the real her, or maybe it's another version of her.
She wants to make herself a character and her life a story for the masses.
And of course, she's a crazy psychopath!
I see PART of it as genetic. Look how her mother manipulates her father.
Tara wrote: "While Nick is clearing not winning any husband of the year awards, framing him for murder seems a wee bit of an overreaction. Most wives just leave their cheating husbands. And based off of what we..."^^ This. I think that Amy always had issues and if Nick had been the sweetest guy in the world, she still would have played nasty games with him - perhaps to a lesser extent, but very unpleasant all the same.
Amy belongs to the archetype that appears in "Leave Her to Heaven" and "The Bad Seed". Fascinatin., No redeeming qualities
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What else is she supposed to do if not learn her husband a lesson?
Don't you agree?