I honestly don't understand why it has taken me so long to blog about this book. I had been wanting to read this book for a long time and then I found out the movie was coming out on October 3rd so I knew I had to read it before then. I was trying my very best to not even watch the trailer until I was able to finish the book but I was unaware that this trailer would be on the playlist for a new movie I watched a couple weeks ago, so I was freaking out the whole time thinking, "oh fuck is this Gone Girl? This is Gone Girl!" I was so upset because I didn't want to have the actors they picked for the movie to ruin the way I imagined the characters while I read the book. Unfortunately, while I was reading, that is exactly what happened. I kept picturing Ben Affleck as Nick but for some reason it didn't fit. As I got further and further into the book I couldn't picture Ben Affleck as Nick at all. I kept thinking of other well-known Hollywood stars that could play an on-screen asshole. People like Brad Pitt or Matt Damon come to mind. Even with the actress they picked to play Amy I was unable to view her as this evil mastermind plotter. I guess Ill just have to wait until October 3rd to get my "Gone Girl" fix and see if Ben Affleck can really pull this off.
Anyways, back to the book itself. Out of my whole reading career, I've only read a couple psychological/murder mystery/thriller type books so I really didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book. I must say that I was completely taken with this book from start to finish. The book is split up into three sections, and each section is told from the alternating point of views of Nick Dunne and his wife Amy. The first section includes Nick's POV from the day Amy goes missing and Amy's diaries from the past couple of years. Amy's diaries tell the story of their first meeting to when they get married, to the bitter trap their marriage had become. We also find out that Nick has been having an affair. Yeah, Nick isn't portrayed as the best man or husband. After the first section you're left with so many questions about where Amy could've gone and what could've happened to her. Of course from the way the diary entries are written, we automatically think that Nick is the 1st suspect and so does the rest of the world. At the beginning of the second section a bomb is dropped that I didn't think I would be able to handle, and in this case I don't want to ruin anything for you. This is the kind of bomb that a reader needs to experience while reading. But after the bomb is dropped the story continues in some twisted ways.
I thought this book was simply amazing and pure genius. The way the author keeps you guessing throughout the whole novel is beyond mind blowing. I wasn't expecting anything that happened in the book. The book was very unpredictable and I liked that. The writing made hate Nick and almost love Amy, which is the goal of a good writer, to make you feel some type of way about the characters and situations you're reading about. I want to read more books by Mr. Flynn. If they are all as good as this I can't wait. I also can't wait to see the movie on October 3rd. I will be the first in line to see the midnight to how all this craziness plays out on screen, and I hope they stay true to every part of the story!
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