A Novel Full of Twists and Turns: "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
- Christine
- Jul 5, 2015
- 2 min read
I’m still reeling from the ending of Gone Girl. It wasn’t bad, but it definitely ended much differently than I expected. In a way, it was a let down, but at the same time it wasn’t. It’s hard to explain when a book leaves you with mixed emotions.
Prior to reading Gone Girl I had already read another book by Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects, a gruesome novel that was strangely satisfying and left the reader guessing until the end. Gone Girl did the same thing. It seems customary that many of Flynn’s characters are not likable, and the same goes for Gone Girl. While I wasn’t particularly fond of Nick, the male protagonist, I found myself rooting for him the entire time. When his wife Amy goes missing, he is the primary suspect. The novel’s twist and turns all point to Nick, but the reader is aware of his innocence.
The novel is broken into three parts, and to avoid spoilers I will not give specific details. I highly recommend putting this book on your summer reading list. I devoured Gone Girl in under a week, taking it with me everywhere I went; work, to get my car inspected, on my weekend visit home. It was nearly impossible to put down because I needed to know how it would end. I needed to know that Nick would be okay and that justice would be served, even though I didn’t particularly like Nick. But what can I say. He is a sympathetic character being framed for murder. You can’t help but feel sorry for him, no one deserves that.
Another brilliant thing about this novel is that everything, I mean everything ties in. There is no information presented that is not completely irrelevant. There are no loose ends. Absolutely everything is tied up into a pretty little bow, leaving the reader knowing it couldn’t have ended any other way, no matter how badly you wanted it to.
Like the past two books I have read, Gone Girl is another novel-turned-movie and New York Times Bestseller. The list of movies I need to see gets longer with every book I read, but I am incredibly eager to see how the producers of the film adaptation of Gone Girl put it together. Hopefully I won’t be disappointed. Next up on my summer reading list is The Selection by Kiera Cass. Until next time, happy reading.
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