Title: Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Genre: Thriller/ Crime/ Fiction/ Mystery
Published: 2012
Description: Who are you? What have we done to each other?
These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his
fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police
suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept
secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer
shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are
the persistent calls on his mobile phone.
So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
Review: Nick Dunne and his wife Amy have moved from new York to Nick’s hometown
in Missouri. There they live in a big house and to the outside world they are
the perfect couple. On their five-year wedding anniversary, Amy disappears. The
living room shows a scene of a struggle and the kitchen shows clear traces of
blood that was cleaned up. All signs point to Nick, being involved with Amy’s
disappearance.
The story is followed from two perspectives: Nick and Amy, with Amy’s
chapters being told in journal entries. As a reader you are constantly tossed
back and forth. Who is telling the truth, and who should we believe? When you
think you have figured it out, you haven’t. You can’t trust either of the two
characters. Both characters, Amy and Nick, jump of the page. Such well-written,
interesting, dark, messed-up, unlikeable characters.
The book has many twists, and I can honestly say that this is one of the
best twists I ever read. Even though I did already see the movie, I can only
imagine how it would have shocked me if I read it before seeing the film.
“Gone Girl” is exactly the way a thriller should be written, and there
aren’t many books that can match this one. It’s so clever and intelligent, and
I want to read everything that Gillian Flynn has written.
Rating: 5/ 5
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