Gone Girl

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On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne s fifth wedding anniversary Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick s clever and beautiful wife disappears Husband of the Year Nick isn t doing himself any favors with cringe worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife s head, but passages from Amy s diary reveal the alpha girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge Under mounting pressure from the police and the media as well as Amy s fiercely doting parents the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior Nick is oddly evasive, and he s definitely bitter but is he really a killer Free Read Gone Girl [ by ] Gillian Flynn [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr As seen on The ReadventurerI am giving Gone Girl 3 stars, but only begrudgingly In my mind, any book that takes me 3 months and 20 different tries to read is not worth 3 i liked it on Goodreads stars, especially a book written by an author I already respect And I am not kidding, for me the first half of Gone Girl was a PURE TORTURE to read.Amy Dunn disappears on the day of her 5th wedding anniversary All gradually uncovered evidence suggests that her husband, Nick, is somehow involved Did As seen on The ReadventurerI am giving Gone Girl 3 stars, but only begrudgingly In my mind, any book that takes me 3 months and 20 different tries to read is not worth 3 i liked it on Goodreads stars, especially a book written by an author I already respect And I am not kidding, for me the first half of Gone Girl was a PURE TORTURE to read.Amy Dunn disappears on the day of her 5th wedding anniversary All gradually uncovered evidence suggests that her husband, Nick, is somehow involved Did he kill her Was she kidnapped What happened to Amy One thing is clear, Nick and Amy s marriage wasn t as perfect as everybody thought.The first part of the novel is all about the investigation into Amy s disappearance, slow unraveling of Nick s dirty secrets, reminiscing about the troubled history of Nick and Amy s marriage as told in Amy s hidden diary I strained and strained my brain trying to understand why this chunk of Gone Girl had no appeal to me whatsoever The only answer I have is this I am r...AMY DUNNEI am Amy I m so perfect you may want to puke It s okay, I have that effect on everyone, even my parents They noticed I was so perfect when I was a little girl and so they wrote some vastly popular children s books called The Adventures of Amazing Amy You may have been given them to read in school, and you may have puked on the...I m pretty selective about new releases, but Gone Girl s opening about a man studying his wife s skull in bed and unique alternating POV structure promised a kind of He Said, She Said Crimes and Misdemeanors, a The Secret History with a sense of humor I did really like the structure, along with some of the zingers, and some of the saucier images, but that s about it.From the Kushner epigraph to the name checking of Noel Coward on page 68 to the use of Pygmalion as a verb 20 pages after that I m pretty selective about new releases, but Gone Girl s opening about a man studying his wife s skull in bed and unique alternating POV structure promised a kind of He Said, She Said Crimes and Misdemeanors, a The Secret History with a sense of humor I did really like the structure, along with some of the zingers, and some of the saucier images, but that s about it.From the Kushner epigraph to the name checking of Noel Coward on page 68 to the use of Pygmalion as a verb 20 pages after that a synonym for to tidy, apparently , Flynn signals that she aims to create that most perverse of marriages here a literary beach read Instead of the best of both worlds, Gone Girl is the worst of both worlds as pretentious and unnecessarily meta and overwritten as the worst overhyped literary debut and with dialogue and characters as cartoonish and trite and exposition anvil filled as your average suspense hack job.The absolute most offensive thing about Gone Girl, howev...This book is such a steaming pile of shit for so many reasons and hands down the worst book I have ever read There is a huge cloud of smug over Gone Girl This was such an unpleasant read that I started taking notes of all the ridiculous parts It also didn t help matters that I figured out the ending before page 100.There are lots and lots of f bombs and swearing which says a lot since I cuss like a sailor For me to pick up on that means it s excessive and adds nothing to the story Then ther This book is such a steaming pile of shit for so many reasons and hands down the worst book I have ever read There is a huge cloud of smug over Gone Girl This was such an unpleasant read that I started taking notes of all the ridiculous parts It also didn t help matters that I figured out the ending before page 100.There are lots...This book was just way too much fun and I mean that in a good way I m taking a leisurely drive down the garden path of the story, when BAM right in the middle it makes a u turn and we are on the damn highway doing 90 miles an hour commonly referred to as a plot twist Sweet Mother of Mercy There is not much to say without the risk of giving up some detail that s best left secret Soooo many time I wanted to just take one little peek at the end to see wha...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here The first person narrative meant being in the thoughts of 2 very sick people the whole book and it left me feeling yucky The author portrayed the minds of sadistic, narcissistic sociopaths making it a very dark book And for some reason, I actua...Quite simply, this is one of the best novels of the year It s a thriller in the best tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and layered with brilliantly written characters it s the kind of book that s nearly impossible to put down The surprises and twists keep the reader guessing up unt...Oh, COME ON.Everyone and I do mean EVERYONE loves this hateful book Kind of makes me weep for the future It s not even all that clever It must be the depravity of it all Suckers.AND, If I ever read the words fucking bitch again it will be too soon.3 1 2 stars.This is going to be a hard review to write because I feel so conflicted about my final rating and just how much I actually liked this book For one thing, I think the second half is a big improvement on the first half and, though this is my least favourite book by Ms Flynn, I can see in some ways why other reviewers see this as her strongest work.Let me ask this question is it possible to be objective when writing a book review Can a book ever be objectively good , even though som 3 1 2 stars.This is going to be a hard review to write because I feel so conflicted about my final rating and just how much I actually liked this book For one thing, ...MORE MOVIE NEWS Gossipy sources say that Neil Patrick Harris will play Amy s creepy ex, Desi, and Tyler Perry will play Ben Affleck Nick s scumbag lawyer If this thing isn t a blockbuster, I ll eat my hat UPDATE 7 25 2013 Amy Dunne s role in the film offered to Rosamund Pike, whoever she might be Good role for any actress as it s a potential star maker GONE GIRL CUPCAKES UPDATE 3 26 2013 See bottom of review I think I need to re think this oppositional review UPDAT MORE MOVIE NEWS Gossipy sources say that Neil Patrick Harris will play Amy s creepy ex, Desi, and Tyler Perry will play Ben Affleck Nick s scumbag lawyer If this thing isn t a blockbuster, I ll eat my hat UPDATE 7 25 2013 Amy Dunne s role in the film offered to Rosamund Pike, whoever she might be Good role for any actress as it s a potential star maker GONE GIRL CUPCAKES UPDATE 3 26 2013 See bottom of review I think I need to re think this oppositional review UPDATE 3 31 2013 See comment 181 belownot changing my mind about the book, remaining open to the writer s work.Rating 0.5 of five The Book Report The book description says Marriage can be a real killer One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unput...

Gone Girl
  • English
  • 23 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 415 pages
  • 0307588378
  • Gillian Flynn
  • Gone Girl