The first rule of Gone Girl is not to talk about Gone Girl. That’s pretty much it because if you talk about it to someone who hasn’t read it, it ruins it for them. And I SO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!
Brief synopsis: Amy disappeared from her home on the 5th anniversary of her marriage to Nick and he’s the prime suspect. It doesn’t look good for Nick, especially when you read Amy’s diary. She does not paint a pretty picture of their marriage.
Since I can’t say much, I will copy my Goodreads notes:
Page 84 19.0% "I hate this guy. What an a-hole."
Page 162 38.0% "I'm thinking lots of bad words. The baddest words!!!"
Page 237 55.0% "Ha!"
Page 432 100.0% "That was crazy, dudes."
There is quite a gap between “Ha!” and “That was crazy, dudes” because a lot of stuff happened and I changed my mind about a lot of things. It was crazy. I do have to say that at the very last page, I shook my head like I had been slapped. It just… never mind.
I thoroughly enjoyed Gone Girl, once the first twist happened. It was a bit slow at first but then, whoa! I was giddy because it was so twisted. Nick and Amy’s voices in all their incarnations were well done.
I’m stealing this lolcat from Raych because it sums up my feelings for Gillian Flynn.
Yeah, that was good!
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Man, I wish my copy of this book would hurry up and get here!
ReplyDeleteI was lucky to be on a short waiting list for the library copy.
DeleteHahahaha, I LOVE the LOLcat. If this book is worth a fist bump, I may have to purchase it.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! You must get it.
DeletePS - Are we Goodreads friends? I don't remember seeing any of those updates...
ReplyDeleteYeah, there should be a warning on the front cover: DO NOT READ ALONE.
ReplyDeleteYes, it must be read in pairs!
DeleteLove your review - mine was completely incoherent, because, just like you said, you simply can't talk about it!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check yours out now.
DeleteYour review made me laugh. I liked it, almost loved it, and had trouble talking about it in my review, too.
ReplyDeleteYou can give so much away so easily. It's a tough one.
DeleteI had a similar reaction except mine involved lots and lots of curse words and a racing pulse. She definitely knows how to build some unforgettable characters, doesn't she?
ReplyDeleteShe's good!!
DeleteHeck yeah on the fist bump!
ReplyDeleteI gave this to someone at work to read because I need someone to talk to. She needs to hurry up and get it read!
The ending?! AHHHHHGGGHHH.
ReplyDeleteMy first reaction to you was an incoherent, "Yeah! Right, huh?" because Gone Girl is just THAT GREAT! I'm telling everyone to read it NOW so I can talk about it!
ReplyDeleteYeah, baby, yeah! Loved this book, too and am so glad you enjoyed it as well!
ReplyDeleteI recently bought this and I can't wait to get to it! All of these reviews have me itching to read it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, everyone needs to read this ASAP so we can start talking about it. It's so hard to write a review about a book like this. But yeah, it was pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteLMAO! OK! I'll get to downloadin' this one.
ReplyDeleteI skimmed because I almost done with the book but I don't really see what all the hype was about. It was very predictable to me.
ReplyDeleteI've read ALL of her books and liked them; Haven't read this one yet -- must remedy that soon.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Yes! I can't even write my review a week after reading Gone Girl. Wow.
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