This review does not contain (major) spoilers.
In this video, J K Rowling says that her guilty pleasure when it comes to reading, are whodunnits. Gone Girl takes that to a whole new level.
The book opens with Amy Dunne's disappearance, on her and Nick Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. The couple had relocated to the mid-west some years ago, after having left New York's glamourous lifestyle in order to help Nick's twin sister, Go (Margo) to take care of Nick's dying mother and Alzheimer's patient father. Their house has been turned over, indicating an abduction and a struggle. After the cops investigate, all the evidence points again Nick. (Dunne dunne dunne dunne) (which is a pun on dun dun dun dun) (Because puns are awesome).
Okay so (not-really-a spoiler) Amy is not dead. But where is she? Who has her? Is she what she seems to be?A beautiful, intelligent woman who's perfect in every sense? And how do we know that Nick is truly innocent? Is he as clueless and dorky as he seems, or is he hiding way more than he should be?
I'm kind of late in reading this book. After all, it released in 2012. And I might not have reading if it hadn't appeared on most 'Books to read before their movies come out in 2014' lists. And it turns out that the ending of the movie will be majorly altered. Outraged? I was, until I read that Flynn herself would be re-writing it, and I'm glad for that. I was vaguely disappointed with the ending. I mean, after putting us through all that,(Spoiler) Nick and Amy CANNOT just live happily ever after. And one character never received the justice he should have.
We have love/hate relationships with certain characters often enough, but I think this is one of the rare times I have had a love/hate relationship with the entire book. After I finished it, I couldn't help but noticing how the genre 'Mystery Novel' seems insufficient for this book. Much like Lace, which is a combination of sorts of a thriller, mystery, and some mean chick-lit.
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike will play the lead pair and I couldn't be happier. Ben Affleck is a terrific actor, and most of Rosamund's most acclaimed movies have been book-adaptations (Jane Bennet, Miranda Frost) so she'll definitely do Amy justice. Read more about the movie and its cast (it also has Neil Patrick Harris, yo) here. It's gong to be interesting to see how they convert first person narration (alternate chapter Nick, alternate chapter Amy's diary) into a movie script.
Verdict? Read the book, then watch the movie, and then go blog about what they got wrong and what they got right.
In this video, J K Rowling says that her guilty pleasure when it comes to reading, are whodunnits. Gone Girl takes that to a whole new level.
Okay so (not-really-a spoiler) Amy is not dead. But where is she? Who has her? Is she what she seems to be?A beautiful, intelligent woman who's perfect in every sense? And how do we know that Nick is truly innocent? Is he as clueless and dorky as he seems, or is he hiding way more than he should be?
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| Gillian Flynn |
We have love/hate relationships with certain characters often enough, but I think this is one of the rare times I have had a love/hate relationship with the entire book. After I finished it, I couldn't help but noticing how the genre 'Mystery Novel' seems insufficient for this book. Much like Lace, which is a combination of sorts of a thriller, mystery, and some mean chick-lit.
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike will play the lead pair and I couldn't be happier. Ben Affleck is a terrific actor, and most of Rosamund's most acclaimed movies have been book-adaptations (Jane Bennet, Miranda Frost) so she'll definitely do Amy justice. Read more about the movie and its cast (it also has Neil Patrick Harris, yo) here. It's gong to be interesting to see how they convert first person narration (alternate chapter Nick, alternate chapter Amy's diary) into a movie script.
Verdict? Read the book, then watch the movie, and then go blog about what they got wrong and what they got right.
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