A review by summerbanks
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was good. It was interesting to follow what happened to Amy, but when

it was revealed that she was alive and she planned it all... I guess I wasn't as surprised as I would have liked to have been.

When

Amy sees Nick on TV talking about how much he wishes she was home, I was very suprised when she fell for it. The whole point of her running away I thought initally was to put Nick in Jail and make him rot there... However, after Amy so easily folded at Nick's words, her charachter motivations completely changed for me, and I don't know if this was the author's intention or not. Rather than being this cunnly evil wife she became a despearate crazy woman vying for her husbands attention (in extremely dramatic ways).  BUT, that's notr to say I didn't enjoy that switch. I think that actually make the book more interesting, as, up until that point, it was quite predictable. Amy's return was not something I had expected

My personal favourite part was the ending when

Nick has no other choice but to stay with Amy. As a reader following Nick's journey, it was very interesting because he is someone the average reader can relate to. He seems like a normal guy, a bit of a douche (cheating, hitting etc...) but not one deserving of a crazy killer wife... Or does he?Either way, he's stuck with her and it was complex trying to decide whether or not I thorught the ending was just.

I didn't read this as fast as I thought I would. Ususally with thrillers I can't put them down, however I found lots of the book to be a bit boring and I often lost focus/interest with the plot. Especially with some police scenes with Nick, as ovbiously we see those all the time in the media and are often overplayed. The only other thing  I will say as to why this rating is relitiavely low, is simply because lots of the details surrounding Amy's dissapearance were just not realistic. (This element is much worse in the film) If you have read the book by the way and were wondering whether or not to read the book I would say watch it, but keep expectations low. I thought it was well done and I can't put my finger on why but it just wasn't amazing for me. Anyway, not my favourite but I'm glad I read it.