A review by naimar
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was truly a page turner and an excellent mystery. Once I was about 20 pages in, I knew I wouldn’t be able to put it down. It’s just a fascinating book about characters who feel so much like they could exist and yet at the same time feel so far removed from reality. The prose also just hooked me.

I loved, absolutely loved how Nick and Amy’s thoughts mirror each other even as they hate each other and are convinced they’re each in the right. How in some perverse way they’re perfect for each other. The thing is, in a vacuum, Amy isn’t wrong about some of the things she says. Men do build up an idea of a “cool woman” in their heads. Her parents were fucked up for writing books about what they wanted their daughter to be. At the same time she’s so naive and thinks she’s a brilliant planner when she foiled her own plans by not knowing how to live in the real world. So in some ways Nick is right too, that she was a spoiled rich girl. It’s just so good because of the characters, how you can agree with them for a second before thinking wait, she’s actually crazy, he’s actually horrible. I loved it.