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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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I won’t lie Gone Girl was an average book at best, not Gillian Flynn’s best but certainly not her worst novel. I liked the premise of Perfect Amy and Nick being targeted by the media. Very similar to real life cases like this. But I don’t know I guess I was bored? Yeah that’s the word bored.

It was so slow, annoyingly so. Sure I don’t mind slow books a lot of the time when they’re actually interesting. But this book just didn’t do it for me. Amy’s character was just annoying as hell and bland. Nick was better but not by much a lying dick of a man who cheated on his wife for a year thinking she didn’t know.

I gave it three stars genuinely because I enjoyed the premise, I just wish it had been easier to get into and not so topsy turvy with the diary.

marscandy37's review against another edition

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4.0

It was a really good book. Well thought I out, and brilliantly executed. Lengthy in some places but overall a good read.

maddie_reads_stuff's review against another edition

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2.0

A man returns home on his fifth wedding anniversary to find his wife missing. The game is on.

[Note to self: Consider lowering rating to a 2]

Lasting impressions: Creepy as f**k. Flynn is all about the cliffhangers, so I just about flew through reading, but I was glad to finally finish the thing. Part 3 in particular was pretty horrifying. I mean, I didn't like Nick but

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even that dick didn't deserve to be stuck with a "crazy psycho bitch." (I guess the point is that they both have major issues so it works for them? I don't know.)

. Are there people like that in real life? G-d, I hope not. Next time I'll stick to my usual genres.

whimsymusings's review

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3.0

Don't get me wrong this book is a must read for all people, no exceptions! I couldn't predict anything, or foresee what was coming next, it was such a page turner that kept on bringing a twist after twist. My only issue, this is on me not the book, is that I couldn't read it fast enough. For some reason I only read bits and pieces every other day. But otherwise, this book is truly amazing.

littybit89's review

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4.0

Was Flynn in a hurry to finish the end? I felt like I just hit a brick wall.

skroot's review against another edition

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3.5

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the infamous twist is one of, if not the best and most effective twist that I've ever read. On the other hand, the reason it's so effective is because you have to slog through way too many hours of setup to get there. Once you get past the hump, it's a really fun thriller with a very interesting premise, but I cannot overstate how bored I was and how much I wanted to put the book down several times before I finally got to the good part. But yeah, part 2 was basically exactly what a thriller should be. I'm kind of indifferent about the ending, I was praying the whole time that the story wouldn't end up there but then it did.

I was hoping that the sociopathic murderer, compulsive liar and manipulator would actually face consequences for her actions but I guess we don't get a happy ending.

rsutton06's review

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4.0

This was a great read. I got to the end of the first part and I thought it seemed pretty clear how the plot was going and it was good, if not a little predictable. Then the story goes in a completely different direction and I felt blown out of the water. I don't want to spoil it so I will leave this review there but I highly recommend this book.