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The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
***Possibility of some spoilers
You know that phrase "They had me at 'Hello'"? Well, this was so true about Gone Girl for me.
'When I think of my wife, I always think of her head'
That is so wrong, so creepy and immediately I was sold. Flynn also went on to make me enjoy a book with multiple-character narrative - something I had previously hated in every instance. Because this book is so psychologically twisted that the insight into both Nick and Amy's mind is fascinating. I could literally feel my alliances oscillating with each new chapter and each new perspective, truly a mark of excellent writing and an author who understands characterisation incredibly well.
And then there's part two.
Part one I was enjoying, it was a good book, but then the beginning of part two hit me like a train. The unravelling of the mystery was so intricate and well-planned that I didn't want to put this book down, because I was so eager to see what happened on the next page. Everything that takes place in the beginning of the novel is detailed to the degree that I wouldn't even want to hunt for plot holes. All I wanted to do is soak up the sheer brilliance of Flynn's writing and never have to leave.
Sometimes, I rate a book five stars because I enjoy it. Because I race through it and love it and don't want it to end at all. This is a different type of five stars. This is five stars because it was so incredibly intelligent and well written that I wanted to spend as long as possible basking in how perfect it is. I rarely read crime fiction, but this alongside The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo most certainly give the genre a good name in my eyes simply because of their psychological brilliance. READ IT.
You know that phrase "They had me at 'Hello'"? Well, this was so true about Gone Girl for me.
'When I think of my wife, I always think of her head'
That is so wrong, so creepy and immediately I was sold. Flynn also went on to make me enjoy a book with multiple-character narrative - something I had previously hated in every instance. Because this book is so psychologically twisted that the insight into both Nick and Amy's mind is fascinating. I could literally feel my alliances oscillating with each new chapter and each new perspective, truly a mark of excellent writing and an author who understands characterisation incredibly well.
And then there's part two.
Part one I was enjoying, it was a good book, but then the beginning of part two hit me like a train. The unravelling of the mystery was so intricate and well-planned that I didn't want to put this book down, because I was so eager to see what happened on the next page. Everything that takes place in the beginning of the novel is detailed to the degree that I wouldn't even want to hunt for plot holes. All I wanted to do is soak up the sheer brilliance of Flynn's writing and never have to leave.
Sometimes, I rate a book five stars because I enjoy it. Because I race through it and love it and don't want it to end at all. This is a different type of five stars. This is five stars because it was so incredibly intelligent and well written that I wanted to spend as long as possible basking in how perfect it is. I rarely read crime fiction, but this alongside The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo most certainly give the genre a good name in my eyes simply because of their psychological brilliance. READ IT.