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For being a thriller and "true" crime themed fiction, the twists and turns are hard to predict, leaving you on your toes and wanting to continue to see where the story goes.

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hannahmg's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

0/1 overall
1/2 writing/structure/character creation
1/2 enjoyment

I would not recommend this book.

Overall I did not enjoy this book, the first 250 page were not needed and were poorly written, the last 50 pages were as bad as the first part of the book. I only enjoyed a small snippet of the book. The length of this triller is way to long and unnecessary. I felt like I was reading a first draft of a idea.

The writing was partly smart with good ideas but poorly done, the journal extracts giving us a unreliable pov which was smart, reminded me of Dracula, but this was done in a manner which made it worthless, more dialogue than actually description, this was so unrealistic it was unnecessary to make it seem like a dairy. Nicks pov was closer to a dairy than Amy's own dairy entries. The repetition was unbearable, -yes Nick we get it you have a mistress and she is young, very young, and pretty.
The character creation was immense and well though through, Amy and Nick are both so realistic but fucked up at the same time. This is one of the major reasons it is a two and not a one star review.

I thought there was a lot of unnecessary added details, the level of Misogyny and sexism was not needed and weakly touched on at the end. Specifically the character of Nick's father who has Dementia and becomes extremely misogynistic, with the use of the slur "bitch" in both his speech and Nicks thoughts. Why add this, I just think the book would of been fine without it and it didn't feel like a representation of any sorts but more a tick for the check list and even excusing the behaviour.

I was very disappointed in the trigger warning list i found (Storygraph). Yes it is a thriller, we should expect triggering things but at the end of the day the book should have a page of trigger warnings.

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gabbynasty's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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mamalzie's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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fionamatilda's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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janewa's review against another edition

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dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was already a big fan of the film, so when I started the book I was primed to compare and contrast, but by the time I’d got my teeth into it I had forgot about the film! The framing device that the book uses is great, really sets it apart.

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xkrille's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was absolutely crazy. Where do I even begin?

Gillian Flynn wrote a masterpiece. I loved this book.

I had already watched the movie before reading the book, so I already knew the twist and the ending. This did not worsen the reading experience.

Nick and Amy were two great main characters.

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Nick is extremely unlikeable, pathetic, misogynistic, selfish - just awful, but at the same time, when the murder investigation suddenly has him as the prime suspect, you cannot help but “kind of” root for him. Not much, he is really difficult to like, which is 100% on purpose. He lies and lies and lies. He is just so awful, at times, I almost think he deserves it. Of course, getting framed for murder is an extreme punishment for his infidelity and unlikeable self.

Then there is Amy, who through her diary entries paint a beautiful picture of herself. But when the twist is revealed, everything changes. She is absolutely crazy.

Their dual POV works incredibly well. Two characters that are extremely unlikeable, and I couldn’t help but root for both, in some way. Not literally. If this was real life, I would root against both, but as a book, it worked so well.

The ending left me with a tummyache. What a horrible ending, but so fitting. It really could not end any other way. Amy always has a back-up plan. She is always two steps ahead.

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