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The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn writes super-dark suspense novels. Novels that deserve barbs and razor blades on the cover.
Gone Girl is certainly dark, but I think it's her most cohesive novel yet. In fact, it's one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.
Nick and Amy Dunne are about to celebrate their 5-year anniversary. They're not at a very happy point in their marriage. They both lost their jobs. They moved to Missouri to care for Nick's ailing mother, which has never suited New York born-and-bred Amy. Now after Nick's mother has died, Nick has abandoned his writer ambitions to run a bar and Amy isn't doing much of anything.
On their anniversary, Amy disappears, leaving signs of a struggle in the house. Nick, her husband in a not-so-happy marriage, is under suspicion.
The narration cuts back and forth between Nick, who is trying to figure out what happened to Amy and keep the police off his back, and Amy's diary. As pages pass the reader realizes that Nick's story and Amy's story don't fit. Something is very off.
And to say any more would be to ruin it for you.
While Gone Girl is dark in a different way than Flynn's other novels, the psychological battle between Nick and Amy keeps you guessing. The novel has several major twists to keep you on your toes. And the ending wraps things up really well.
A very satisfying read.
Gone Girl is certainly dark, but I think it's her most cohesive novel yet. In fact, it's one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.
Nick and Amy Dunne are about to celebrate their 5-year anniversary. They're not at a very happy point in their marriage. They both lost their jobs. They moved to Missouri to care for Nick's ailing mother, which has never suited New York born-and-bred Amy. Now after Nick's mother has died, Nick has abandoned his writer ambitions to run a bar and Amy isn't doing much of anything.
On their anniversary, Amy disappears, leaving signs of a struggle in the house. Nick, her husband in a not-so-happy marriage, is under suspicion.
The narration cuts back and forth between Nick, who is trying to figure out what happened to Amy and keep the police off his back, and Amy's diary. As pages pass the reader realizes that Nick's story and Amy's story don't fit. Something is very off.
And to say any more would be to ruin it for you.
While Gone Girl is dark in a different way than Flynn's other novels, the psychological battle between Nick and Amy keeps you guessing. The novel has several major twists to keep you on your toes. And the ending wraps things up really well.
A very satisfying read.