A review by campisforever
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.0

I read this book on friends’ recommendations when it was super popular and when I finished I threw it across the room. The first part of the book was fine, I guess, but once the reveal that precipitates the second part happens, the characters whose voices were “merged” should have separated and become distinct. They didn’t, which is a flaw of the writing. Combined with the frankly atrocious things the femme MC did, and how neatly and horribly the book ended, I was simultaneously unimpressed with the writing and plot structure and sick from the plot. I don’t know why people liked this book or why it was adapted into a film. 
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