Reviews

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

thewindupbird's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

allihobbs's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sunshine89's review against another edition

4.0

I'd absolutely recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries or thrillers or mind twists.
I need to say: Woah. That was a crazy book.

I went through so many emotions and feelings throughout this book, I wanted to figure out what was going on, but I also didn't want it to end.

Spoiler

Up until almost the end, I still didn't want Amy to get caught. I don't know if that makes me crazy or what considering she's a sociopath, but I still kinda felt bad for her. Then she killed Desi and I didn't like her so much after that. Let's just say, Nick and Amy deserve each other and I'm worried (fictionally worried, not really worried) for their baby.

There wasn't anything I disliked about this book, except for the cursing, but it seemed to flow okay with the characters. I think Gillian Flynn did a great job developing the characters of Nick and Amy, only letting us know what Amy wanted us to know when she wanted us to know it. I'm definitely going to look into reading her other books.

Check out my full review along with casting ideas at my blog.

aparecium_library's review against another edition

5.0

Gone girl is the kind of book that i will go back and re read every couple of months just to experience it again.

I’m a sucker for a crazy woman just absolutely wrecking a dumb man so this book really does it for me, and while i’m not saying what amy does is right…”good for her” you know!

also i think nick is the biggest idiot to ever exist.

#coolgurls4life

rarrarrar's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

made me question womens minds

sarahprayle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

queserasarah99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

khander84's review against another edition

3.0

Extremely compelling...I just had to keep going to find out what happened. I think it all came together in the end a little too quickly and conveniently though. Definitely a book I enjoyed more while reading it than after I had finished it.

mary_binzley's review against another edition

4.0

somehow managed to avoid spoilers for this for all the years it's been popular and the twists got me! such a creepy, interesting book

nanditha14's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The plot twists are good. The book is difficult to get through because everyone is so intensely unlikable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Violence, Self harm, Body horror, Rape, Death, and Domestic abuse