Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn 2014

Author: Gillian Flynn

Description:

On the day of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy disappears. There are signs of struggle in the house and Nick quickly becomes the prime suspect. It doesn't help that Nick hasn't been completely honest with the police and, as Amy's case drags out for weeks, more and more vilifying evidence appears against him. Nick, however, maintains his innocence. Told from alternating points of view between Nick and Amy, Gillian Flynn creates an untrustworthy world that changes chapter-to-chapter. Calling Gone Girl a psychological thriller is an understatement. As revelation after revelation unfolds, it becomes clear that the truth does not exist in the middle of Nick and Amy's points of view; in fact, the truth is far more dark, more twisted, and more creepy than you can imagine. Gone Girl is masterfully plotted from start to finish and the suspense doesn't waver for one page. It's one of those books you will feel the need to discuss immediately after finishing because the ending doesn't just come; it punches you in the gut.

What most disturbed me was the end. Horrible. I can not believe it's over well. I'm not from the people who always expect a happy ending, but this time by God he missed a happy ending. Or more than happy: just. Amy wanted to rot in jail, or had terrible accident or Nick had killed once and for all. Or better yet skip a beat Nick at 360 degrees and devise a plan that implicate her. Oh, I get chills just thinking about that old witch pregnant and controlling everyone around her like real puppets, taking the brain smart enough to incriminate them for anything.

The latter bothered me a little, because even psychopath is a person, no one is perfect. In a minute he must have made a mistake. The problem is that everyone who was in charge of the case, including Nick, they were not smart enough to realize those details.

In short. I must admit that, after all, was a good ending. Hopeless, of course, but good ending. It leaves you thinking about the mental and human evil, coupled with the ineffectiveness of special forces and, most importantly, the power of the image and the importance of what the public says about you.

Amy's character was very well done through his own words, was to glimpse a woman insecure, unhappy and disturbed head. More so when it is discovered that the first newspaper was false. His grotesque language (there are still phrases that I have stuck in your head), his hatred towards people, their lack of love for herself and the rest, his crazy need to be disciplined, to think of everything.

I must admit that the big surprise of this book (which the newspaper was false and that Amy was looking to incriminate Nick) was not so surprising to me. In fact, when there was still enough to get to that, I told my boyfriend my theory and that, if proved to be true, could not read anymore, because I know absolutely all end. And the worst is that I know that was what made me suspect, was more of a hunch. The other option, of course, is that I'm as dangerous as Amy and I can think like her (this is a joke, just in case).

Review:

“Ice-pick-sharp… Spectacularly sneaky… Impressively cagey… Gone Girl is Ms. Flynn’s dazzling breakthrough. It is wily, mercurial, subtly layered and populated by characters so well imagined that they’re hard to part with — even if, as in Amy’s case, they are already departed. And if you have any doubts about whether Ms. Flynn measures up to Patricia Highsmith’s level of discreet malice, go back and look at the small details. Whatever you raced past on a first reading will look completely different the second time around.”
—Janet Maslin, New York Times

“An ingenious and viperish thriller… It’s going to make Gillian Flynn a star… A great, breathless read...Flynn has created a genuinely creepy villain you don't see coming. People love to talk about the banality of evil. You’re about to meet a maniac you could fall in love with.”
—Jeff Giles, Entertainment Weekly

“An irresistible summer thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Alfred Hitchcock. Burrowing deep into the murkiest corners of the human psyche, this delectable summer read will give you the creeps and keep you on edge until the last page.”
—People (four stars)

“How did things get so bad? That’s the reason to read this book. Gillian Flynn — whose award-winning Dark Places and Sharp Objects also shone a dark light on weird and creepy, not to mention uber dysfunctional characters — delves this time into what happens when two people marry and one spouse has no idea who their beloved really is.”
—USA Today, Carol Memmott

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