#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
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times • People • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • Slate • Kansas City Star • USA Today • Christian Science Monitor
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?
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • St. Louis Post Dispatch • Chicago Tribune • HuffPost • Newsday
“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 did not enjoy this book.
Better than the movie!
The ending made me so furious I almost burned the book.
This book had a slow start but as I read, the twists and turns were very intriguing!
Couldn’t put it down.
Loved the book
Loved the movie
Did not enjoy it at all.
I could not put it down!
Whacked out characters but the decent-paced plot held my attention.
I really didn’t like the ending of this book, but was pretty good.
Fantastic book! On the edge of your seat with wonderful twists and turns!
Great read
Great.
Hard to put down. Great thriller.
Once again, the book was better than the movie. I loved the twists and turns. Believable characters, great story.
I loved this book until the end. I was disappointed. I can’t believe someone would choose that. Don’t want to spoil the end.
all her books are great…..one crazy author!!
This is one twisted book, where you won’t see the end coming.
after reading this book, I refused to see the movie, even tho my husband had rented it. I really disliked all of the characters, and wanted nothing more to do with them. I thought the book was well-written, and it was a pretty quick read, but I really didn’t care, by the end of the book, what happened to anybody in it.
This is a great book. You’ll want to read it again and again!