After reading Gone Girl, I became a little bit obsessed with Gillian Flynn, so I had to get her other two books and read them right away also. I thought that they would probably be just as good as Gone Girl... but probably a little less messed up. Boy was I wrong about that.
This is a really good book. Really good. I love the characters and worlds Gillian Flynn creates... I'd have to say Gone Girl was quite an easy read and this is not at all an easy book to read. It is incredibly uncomfortable at times and the ending is very unsettling. I wanted to let my mom borrow it when I finished... but I don't want my mom reading this! It would probably make her cry. My mom is pretty much the nicest person ever, I'm not just saying that because she's my mom I'm saying it because she actually is. This book is not something I think she could read and it isn't for the faint of heart. It's really quite dark.
Where do I even begin with this... It starts out kind of like a regular mystery novel... and more and more is revealed about the town and the characters. A reporter named Camille Preaker is a Chicago journalist that is originally from a small town called Wind Gap in Missouri. Wind Gap had a missing girl and a girl that was murdered recently and the newspaper wanted Camille to go back and report it. We also learn that Camille has recently been to a Psychiatric Hospital for cutting words into every inch of her body. (slight spoiler there, but I mean that is something people should know before reading it.)
I don't want to spoil the ending... but I'll say I kind of guessed who "did it" but there are still twists till the very last chapter. It's a lot like Gone Girl, you could read a part of the end and still have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on in the end. This is very much like that.
A few things I like about Gillian Flynn books: I like when the town is pretty much a character in the novel. And it takes place in a similar place as Gone Girl, small southern town thats a product of the recession. The main character is a writer and she's not unlike Nick Dunne. Also pay attention to the names. After finishing it I realized theres one very fitting name (much like how Nick Dunne was Done!) and there are a few names I have to google... but its all very fitting.
This was also Gillian Flynn's first Novel... damnnnn! She's good!
Alrighty so that is it. If you've read it let me know what you think! The next book I'm going to read is Horns by Joe Hill. This is going to be made into a movie soon and Daniel Radcliffe is going to be in it. It looked like another good horror mystery that seemed perfect for Halloween! Joe Hill also happens to be Stephen King's son... so horror runs in the family I suppose!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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