A review by frozenheartv
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

4.75 stars
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🧠 My thoughts 
For the first 35% of the book, I thought what was I listening to? But then it got better and I was glad I didn’t DNF it. I started to understand the hype around this book. 

I thought that I’d read quite a few very best psychological-thriller but I was wrong, this one might be the best one I’ve ever read. If there are alternatives for this book’s title, it can be “Wild Girl”, “All of Us Villians” or “Truly Devious” because most of the characters were awful but I couldn’t hate the book. The story was twisted, and complex it kept me on edge, twirled, and spun my brain like Twister. The story would get into your head and make you think about it for a while. This book was phenomenal, so unlike any crime, mystery, or psychological thriller books I’ve read before. I would have never thought that I could be into a thriller book that revealed the twist so early, but here I am liking it. The ending was kind of a twist by itself and it was very unexpected, it sent chills down my spine. 

I just want to complain a bit about the length of the book. The length of the book made sense but it was a bit too long that could intimidate anyone. 

I would recommend listening to the audiobook it would be easier due to the length of the book. At the end of the audiobook, the author disclosed the unpublished parts of the characters and it was interesting to listen to them. 

đź‘Ť What I like 
  • Complex, and twisted story
  • Characters have depth
  • Unexpected ending
  • The POVs are easy to follow

đź‘Ž What I don't like
  • The story can be lengthy sometimes

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