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A review by loganisreading
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
4.0
Over the past few years, I have seen many books of many genres that I told myself I would read eventually. I didn't read any of them. However, as I started this year of school, I thought to myself that I should read some of those books that I always wanted to read but never got around to reading. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn was the first book that came to my mind, and from there, I started it.
Nick and Amy Dunne have a seemingly stable and happy relationship, having been married for five years. The two were almost opposites - Nick lived his whole life in the shadow of his twin sister Margo with two parents who never got along, and Amy lived as an only child of two happy parents and as the star of a book series. When the two met, they felt as though they had a connection, lost touch, found each other again, and later married. On their anniversary every year, Amy would create a treasure hunt that would lead Nick to his gift. However, on their fifth anniversary, Amy goes missing - leaving behind clues for her husband, as well as signs of a struggle. Soon, their families, their friends, and the police start to get involved, each set pointing fingers at different people and different possibilities, until they all begin pointing their fingers at the same person. And although this person claimed their innocence the entire time, nobody changed their minds until something very unexpected takes place.
The story itself was put together very well, especially the second of three parts. The buildup caused me to be unable to put the book down. I began to realize how different Nick and Amy really were from the people they were portrayed as in the beginning. At first, Nick explained his experiences starting from the day of Amy's disappearance, whereas Amy explained hers from a series of diary entries leading up to her disappearance. Seeing things from both perspectives filled in gaps that were opened by one character and explained by the other, and that was very helpful.
The only things that I did not enjoy about this book were the beginning and the end. The first part went by incredibly slowly because of the two different perspectives given, but it did help my understanding of what was going on. I did not like the third part, because I felt it was very anti-climactic and nothing really resolved. There wasn't of a cliffhanger, but the outcome was not what I had hoped for. I loved who Nick and Amy turned into, but nothing fixed itself - or fell apart - when they became the people they became.
I did really like this book until the end. The beginning was slow, but I read the second and third parts in one weekend in order to see how the story would end. I was, though, disappointed by the ending and where Nick and Amy ended up. If you're looking for a story of two people who think they have their lives figured out, but completely change by the end, read Gone Girl. It will be worth your time.
Nick and Amy Dunne have a seemingly stable and happy relationship, having been married for five years. The two were almost opposites - Nick lived his whole life in the shadow of his twin sister Margo with two parents who never got along, and Amy lived as an only child of two happy parents and as the star of a book series. When the two met, they felt as though they had a connection, lost touch, found each other again, and later married. On their anniversary every year, Amy would create a treasure hunt that would lead Nick to his gift. However, on their fifth anniversary, Amy goes missing - leaving behind clues for her husband, as well as signs of a struggle. Soon, their families, their friends, and the police start to get involved, each set pointing fingers at different people and different possibilities, until they all begin pointing their fingers at the same person. And although this person claimed their innocence the entire time, nobody changed their minds until something very unexpected takes place.
The story itself was put together very well, especially the second of three parts. The buildup caused me to be unable to put the book down. I began to realize how different Nick and Amy really were from the people they were portrayed as in the beginning. At first, Nick explained his experiences starting from the day of Amy's disappearance, whereas Amy explained hers from a series of diary entries leading up to her disappearance. Seeing things from both perspectives filled in gaps that were opened by one character and explained by the other, and that was very helpful.
The only things that I did not enjoy about this book were the beginning and the end. The first part went by incredibly slowly because of the two different perspectives given, but it did help my understanding of what was going on. I did not like the third part, because I felt it was very anti-climactic and nothing really resolved. There wasn't of a cliffhanger, but the outcome was not what I had hoped for. I loved who Nick and Amy turned into, but nothing fixed itself - or fell apart - when they became the people they became.
I did really like this book until the end. The beginning was slow, but I read the second and third parts in one weekend in order to see how the story would end. I was, though, disappointed by the ending and where Nick and Amy ended up. If you're looking for a story of two people who think they have their lives figured out, but completely change by the end, read Gone Girl. It will be worth your time.