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Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
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Gone Girl: A Novel
Author: Gillian Flynn
First Edition: Crown, 2012
Original language: English
Summary:
The story begins with the disappearance of Amy Dunne on her fifth wedding anniversary. The story is told from Amy’s journal and Nick’s perspective. Amy is the subject of the Amazing Amy book series, written by her parents. Amazing Amy always does everything right and is a role model to little girls everywhere. As the story progresses, the reader begins to find out that the seemingly perfect couple was anything but perfect. Amazing Amy is not so amazing, now that she’s a grown-up. The story is full of surprises that will blindside the reader and keep the pages turning!
Quotes:
“We were born in the ‘70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.”
“It is dangerous to laugh at your spouse.”
“”And yet: Don’t land me in one of those relationships where we’re always pecking at each other, disguising insults as jokes, rolling our eyes and “playfully” scrapping in front of our friends, hoping to lure them to our side of an argument they could not care less about. Those awful if only relationships: This marriage would be great if only…”
“My father had infused my childhood with unspoken blame; he was the kind of man who skulked around looking for things to be angry at.”
“It made me feel cranky, off my lawn! old”
“Danish. I’d come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival.”
“It’s humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked.”
Opinion:
This was a great, quick read. I actually couldn’t put it down and finished in a weekend. Flynn’s description of marriage is scary because it can be so accurate. I loved the way she played with the reader and the characters. It is the classic tale of love gone wrong- with a twist. I’m not going to give it away, but definitely a great beach or weekend read! You won’t be able to put it down!
lasesana 
Agreed, I could not put this one down!
I’m looking for something good to read… Any suggestions?
Have you read ART OF FIELDING? It’s a baseball book but so much more. Honestly, I don’t even like baseball but I loved this book. THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by Junot Diaz was also really fun. And lastly, DIVERGENT is a young adult dystopian book like HUNGER GAMES if you’re into that kind of thing. Hard to put down too!
Thanks for the recommendations- I’ll try them all as soon as I finish what I’m currently reading- WHOSE BODY? by Sayers. Liking it…kind of… I’ll read ART OF FIELDING first. I also love Junot Diaz. He was in DC for the book fair a few weeks ago, but the line were too LONG!