Most of my book selections occur by seeing some riveting movie trailer, and then hearing, “based on the best-selling novel….” and Gone Girl was no exception. After seeing the movie trailer, I borrowed the book, on audio, for my daily work commute. I actually prefer audio books since the book is read with the emotions that were originally intended by the author, which allows for a much clearer picture of the book. Gone Girl is an engrossing, best-selling novel that captures a myriad of emotions, gripping the reader to the very end, making it an irresistible read. The book by Gillian Flynn, turned movie, is a suspense-thriller, broken into three parts, over 395 pages. Each part is narrated as a timeline and recounts the days leading up to
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Flynn has managed to stuff in multiple themes that make this book more intriguing than many other suspense-thriller books. The story confronts the lies that everyone tells (really, nothing is wrong, I’m fine), and the person everyone pretends to be (I really am the cool girl). It focuses on manipulation, as Nick and Amy both want something from each other and the lengths they will go to use one another. However, it is ultimately a story of revenge. Everyone at some point longs for revenge, most people are able to reason and get past those feelings, but sometimes the thought or fantasy of revenge is to enticing for some. Gone Girl plays out the irrational, calculated measures and lengths an unstable person is willing to go to for the ultimate revenge. Gone Girl is a supreme mystery thriller with many “peculiar details” and “terrific little touches” (Masin C1) that will leave the reader wondering why they didn’t see it all coming. The most alluring feature of this book is Ms. Flynn’s innate ability to create such controversy for the reader and still manage to tie up every loose end. By the time the book is finished, the reader has experienced a colorful spectrum of emotions, yet is left with no remaining questions, the one’s that always drive us crazy at the end of a book or movie; “but wait, what about…”,
Flynn has managed to stuff in multiple themes that make this book more intriguing than many other suspense-thriller books. The story confronts the lies that everyone tells (really, nothing is wrong, I’m fine), and the person everyone pretends to be (I really am the cool girl). It focuses on manipulation, as Nick and Amy both want something from each other and the lengths they will go to use one another. However, it is ultimately a story of revenge. Everyone at some point longs for revenge, most people are able to reason and get past those feelings, but sometimes the thought or fantasy of revenge is to enticing for some. Gone Girl plays out the irrational, calculated measures and lengths an unstable person is willing to go to for the ultimate revenge. Gone Girl is a supreme mystery thriller with many “peculiar details” and “terrific little touches” (Masin C1) that will leave the reader wondering why they didn’t see it all coming. The most alluring feature of this book is Ms. Flynn’s innate ability to create such controversy for the reader and still manage to tie up every loose end. By the time the book is finished, the reader has experienced a colorful spectrum of emotions, yet is left with no remaining questions, the one’s that always drive us crazy at the end of a book or movie; “but wait, what about…”,