A review by raphae11e
The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

2.0

While this book is very well written and does have a complex plot that keeps you guessing, I really can't give it a very high rating just because of the vibe it gave me. I know this is a personal preference/bias, and if you love dark books that have to do with human psychology, then Gone Girl is for you. While I myself can enjoy that genre from time to time, finishing this book just left me with a bad taste in my mouth. No one comes out of this book okay, there's no morally satisfying ending (though that's not really what this book was about), and to top it all off, it kind of drags the idea of a happy marriage through the mud. As a hopeless romantic, a book like this wasn't very pleasing to read.... thus my low rating of what otherwise is a well written "crime" novel.