So I just finished reading the book Gone Girl and I absolutely loved it. I liked it so much that I'm going to split my reviews in 2. 1 for if you're thinking of reading it but haven't yet...or if you are reading it and aren't super into it at the beginning. And then I'll go more in depth in my other one so that if you've read the book already, you know what happens.
This book doesn't start out slow really... But I can see how if you're just reading the first part you may not like it right away. The characters Nick and Amy don't seem very likable and their marriage just seems bad for no real reason. It's entertaining... But I was starting to wonder how it could be a book that was 400 pages... But there is a huge twist in the middle of the book that changes everything and it makes it basically impossible to put down for the rest of the book. Everything you thought about the characters changes completely.
I'll talk more about this in my spoiler review, so once you've read it you'll probably see what I mean... But the twist isn't something you can really see coming, but it is all there and everything adds up. It probably wouldn't be your first guess but it's there. There is a little bit of information that makes you rethink things that have happened up to the time of that event and... There are coincidences. If you're observant you'll probably get what's going on. I kind of did, but it was right before it happened... And you're kind of focused on hating someone so it's easy to miss.
That kind of makes sense lol.
The end of the book wasn't as exciting as I thought really. It's a slightly satisfying ending, it doesn't tie everything up really. Gillian Flynn, who wrote this book and is the screenwriter for the movie also did say that the last third of the book may be different in the movie... So I don't really know what to expect from that, but I would like to see a different end.
So that's it. This is a total must-read. I'm not super into mysteries or anything, but I loved this. I think this may be my favorite book ever. It's really great and I highly recommend it!
Byeeeee!
-Shannon
This book doesn't start out slow really... But I can see how if you're just reading the first part you may not like it right away. The characters Nick and Amy don't seem very likable and their marriage just seems bad for no real reason. It's entertaining... But I was starting to wonder how it could be a book that was 400 pages... But there is a huge twist in the middle of the book that changes everything and it makes it basically impossible to put down for the rest of the book. Everything you thought about the characters changes completely.
I'll talk more about this in my spoiler review, so once you've read it you'll probably see what I mean... But the twist isn't something you can really see coming, but it is all there and everything adds up. It probably wouldn't be your first guess but it's there. There is a little bit of information that makes you rethink things that have happened up to the time of that event and... There are coincidences. If you're observant you'll probably get what's going on. I kind of did, but it was right before it happened... And you're kind of focused on hating someone so it's easy to miss.
That kind of makes sense lol.
The end of the book wasn't as exciting as I thought really. It's a slightly satisfying ending, it doesn't tie everything up really. Gillian Flynn, who wrote this book and is the screenwriter for the movie also did say that the last third of the book may be different in the movie... So I don't really know what to expect from that, but I would like to see a different end.
So that's it. This is a total must-read. I'm not super into mysteries or anything, but I loved this. I think this may be my favorite book ever. It's really great and I highly recommend it!
Byeeeee!
-Shannon
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