A review by mahamsiddiqui
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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

2.5

This book is not my cup of tea. I have realised that a book like this can only be digested as a movie ( at best), at least for me. I wish I could say that I enjoyed reading this book, like the raving reviews it got, but 50 pages in, and I was reading it to scratch the itch. I would rather spend my time reading something informative or maybe a book I liked as a child. I know the whole point of this book was to anger the reader, loathe the characters, and pity them. But after a while, the characters were too much to digest. I don't want to read a psycho-analysis of sociopaths.  
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