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A review by ttnnllrr
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, our main character, Nick Dunne, is introduced to us as a closed off and apathetic husband who resents his wife. That same morning, his wife Amy, goes missing after what looked like a struggle in the living room of their small town Missouri home.
At first, Nick is treated as a grieving and worried husband, desperate for the return of his wife, however noticing his strange behaviour of lying and evading questions from the police, people begin to take a new view on his character. Then when evidence slowly starts stacking up against Nick, insisting him as the culprit, Nick begins taking risks to prove his innocence.
The book is split into three parts.
In the first part, the reader is left completely in the dark with only our unreliable narrator Nick as company. This leaves us questioning if he is telling the truth when he claims to have no hand in the disappearance of Amy Dunne.
In the second part, the pieces begin to fit into place and, in our first turn of events, we learn exactly what happened to Amy and how it all came to be, from the couples first meeting to their life spent together.
The third and final part leaves the reader dizzy and reeling from the remaining twists and turns we are pulled through in order to witness the culmination of Nick and Amy’s relationship and what has come of it.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it has been on my list for what feels like forever and I am shocked it took me so long to get to it, since it is completely and utterly worth it. Since this book is fairly old and very popular, I knew a bit about the plot and what some of the twists would be. That being said, I was so invested in this book and there were many portions I absolutely did not see coming!
At first, Nick is treated as a grieving and worried husband, desperate for the return of his wife, however noticing his strange behaviour of lying and evading questions from the police, people begin to take a new view on his character. Then when evidence slowly starts stacking up against Nick, insisting him as the culprit, Nick begins taking risks to prove his innocence.
The book is split into three parts.
In the first part, the reader is left completely in the dark with only our unreliable narrator Nick as company. This leaves us questioning if he is telling the truth when he claims to have no hand in the disappearance of Amy Dunne.
In the second part, the pieces begin to fit into place and, in our first turn of events, we learn exactly what happened to Amy and how it all came to be, from the couples first meeting to their life spent together.
The third and final part leaves the reader dizzy and reeling from the remaining twists and turns we are pulled through in order to witness the culmination of Nick and Amy’s relationship and what has come of it.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it has been on my list for what feels like forever and I am shocked it took me so long to get to it, since it is completely and utterly worth it. Since this book is fairly old and very popular, I knew a bit about the plot and what some of the twists would be. That being said, I was so invested in this book and there were many portions I absolutely did not see coming!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting