#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time).NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST … BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE
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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?
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“Absorbing . . . In masterly fashion, Flynn depicts the unraveling of a marriage—and of a recession-hit Midwest—by interweaving the wife’s diary entries with the husband’s first-person account.”—New Yorker
“Ms. Flynn writes dark suspense novels that anatomize violence without splashing barrels of blood around the pages . . . Ms. Flynn has much more up her sleeve than a simple missing-person case. As Nick and Amy alternately tell their stories, marriage has never looked so menacing, narrators so unreliable.”—The Wall Street Journal
“The story unfolds in precise and riveting prose . . . even while you know you’re being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
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I loved that this book was totally unpredictable. It was hard to tell where it was going to end up and was wholly original. Terrific read.
I really was somewhat disappointed in it, although it wasn’t a bad book.
Good who done it!
In my mind, any book that takes me 4 months and lots of trying times to read is not even worth 1 star. And I am not kidding, for me the first half of Gone Girl was a PURE TORTURE to read.
Amy is beyond neurotic and pretentious, not to mention SICK!!
Nick, well I can see why he has a distant relationship with his wife, I mean would you want to …
I didn’t finish it so I really shouldn’t be reviewing it, but I disliked the characters and the downer attitudes.
The book took some drastic turns that were kind of hard to follow but the end result was dynamite.
I was very intrigued by the story; the forethought, planning and manipulation by the main character was incredible. The fact that the author came up with all these threads and wove them together so wonderfully has me in awe, and a bit scared, of her mind!!
I’ve read several negative reviews on this book but I found it quite entertaining, …
ending ruined this book
Crazy good
I was really disappointed in this book, especially the way it ended.
Surprise ending!! Very well written! Enjoyed every page!
Great book highly reccomend
Very good book.
I don’t usually read anything like this so it does say something that I zipped through it in a couple of evenings. For what it was it was very good. However, if you’re looking for your next literary masterpiece, keep looking.
Couldn’t finish this book. Didn’t like one thing about it.
This is the worst book I ever read. It went on and on and I deleted it immediately
Would not recommend.
Excellent book!!!
Unlike most people who have read this book, I hated it. The characters were despicable and deserved each other. I wish zero stars was an option.
Horrible people. Even the “hero” is still a villain. These people are selfish, self involved people who ultimately in a way gets what they deserve.
So many unpredictable twists!