A review by happea
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Girl and Guy feel trapped in a loveless marriage with no communication, so Girl goes to the extreme to do something about it.

As someone who doesn't fancy the style of alternating perspectives of the same events between two characters (feels a bit repetitive), I found Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn to be Amazing! (pun intended). The book will leave you acting as though you were a psychologist analyzing each and every character, trying to interpret why the characters did what they did, became who they became. Different genders may perceive this book to be

empowering or one-sided

Maybe don't read if you're in a relationship with some trust issues.

I'd say the ending of Nick and Amy's relationship is

a version of artificial yin and yang, where one aggressively shapes the other to fit the mold. Eventually becoming so distorted, that they realize they both fit together.

I wouldn't give this a complete 5-star rating because

we see how the ending plays out. Nick even created the picture when he was trying to convince Amy that they should get a divorce. Instead of independent, gotawaywithmurder Amy who divorces her cheating husband that never really understood her until his livelihood depended on it, they just remain married (although it's worse for Nick). Nick and Amy have a son, becoming the models of a nuclear family. Is that it? Amy's sociopath character  joining the PTA and baking cookies, the end?