"When the wife goes missing the husband is always the prime suspect"
Reviewed by Shellie Surles
Posted October 1, 2014
Thriller Psychological | Thriller Crime
GONE GIRL starts on the fifth wedding anniversary of Nick
and Amy Dunne. As Amy cooks breakfast all seems to be fine
until you hear the narrative from Nick's point of view.
Nick does not seem to be a happy man in a happy marriage.
After arriving at work Nick receives a phone call from his
neighbor informing him that the cat is outside and the
front door is open. Nick immediately heads home to find
that his wife Amy is missing. Nick calls the police and
the
ball start rolling looking for his missing wife. Nick has
no alibi for his morning and the police soon focus in on
him as being the prime suspect in her disappearance. Now
Nick is forced to do what he must to find his wife and
protect himself from the death penalty.
GONE GIRL is a suspense that keeps you going back and
forth
between Nick's telling of their life as he looks for Amy
and trying to prove his innocence and the story of her
life Amy has left behind in
her diary. Who is telling the truth and who
is making it up, Gillian Flynn keeps you guessing.
Nick
starts out as a likeable character you want to help, but
by
the end you're not sure whether to slap sense into him or
kill him and make it all go away. I thought the best
character in the
story was his twin sister Go.
She is a great sister and strong character.
Almost
everyone in GONE GIRL has issues which keeps the suspense
going. The characters and their issues leave a twisted
trail throughout the book. Though it starts a little slow
with the back and forth it picks up in the middle and
keeps
you glued to the book, turning the pages excitedely to
find
out what the next twist or turn will be.
I had a problem
with the ending because it just seemed too unrealistic and
not in line with
human nature then again this group is so entirely messed
up
that anything could be possible. Gillian Flynn has
written enough
suspense into GONE GIRL that keeps you turning the pages
hoping for an exciting finish.
SUMMARY
Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our
time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes
that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable
masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong.
The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that her work
“draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure
but nasty addiction.” Gone Girl’s toxic mix of
sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a
nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is
Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are
being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s
clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented
McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick
isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams
about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages
from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could
have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting
pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s
fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an
endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior.
Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he
really a killer? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering
how well they know the one that they love. With his twin
sister, Margo, at his side, Nick stands by his innocence.
Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do it, where is that beautiful
wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the
back of her bedroom closet? With her razor-sharp writing and trademark
psychological insight, Gillian Flynn delivers a fast-paced,
devilishly dark, and ingeniously plotted thriller that
confirms her status as one of the hottest writers around.
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