Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8442457-gone-girl?from_search=true
Book Review **** (No Spoilers ahead)
I started on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn when I had absolutely no idea about the author or even her writing style, read it in July of 2012 . Just read the excerpt and thought to give it a go. From the start of the book, it was quite gripping although not as gripping as say a Micheal Crichton novel ( e.g. Prey which starts of amazingly fast) but also not as slow as a rambling by Jerome K. Jerome which you wanna enjoy on a lazy summer day. Be prepared for some foul language use.
The book goes back and forth between the perspectives of Nick Dunne and his missing wife, Amy Elliot Dunne. Amy’s perspective is from a diary of the past, and the picture she paints is one of an unhappy marriage. From Nick’s perspective, we hear about his current thoughts following the disappearance of his wife and subsequent police investigation.
The story has its good points and bad. I will start with the good ones which far outweigh the bad points.
Good Points: Very interesting plot, you are left guessing as to what is happening till 70% of the book, good writing style- not too descriptive nor very sketchy. The author is good in giving us two point of views of the two main protagonists in the book allowing us to make a judgement on their actions or behaviour.
Now to the bad side: the entire book is a dark dark thriller, and at the end of it I actually felt depressed and lost a bit of faith from human relationships. So if you are one of those who read and keep mulling over the book for the next few days, let me tell you to keep some happy people around you and don't take it on a vacation, you would not only ruin your mood but also the people with you would start complaining.
The end is again something which I personally didn't agree with. I guess in reality things like that happen but it just went on to become something so twisted and dark and convoluted that you just want the whole thing to stop.
All in all I won't read it again as I am not fan of books that make me sad or depressed but the author had accomplished what she had set out to do; that is make a good mystery thriller which keeps people guessing till the end.
Please feel free to post your comments and thoughts about what you felt about the book and also suggest any new books whose reviews you would be interested in reading. If I have read the book I would try my best to post reviews of the book, even if its as new as published last month.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8442457-gone-girl?from_search=true
Book Review **** (No Spoilers ahead)
I started on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn when I had absolutely no idea about the author or even her writing style, read it in July of 2012 . Just read the excerpt and thought to give it a go. From the start of the book, it was quite gripping although not as gripping as say a Micheal Crichton novel ( e.g. Prey which starts of amazingly fast) but also not as slow as a rambling by Jerome K. Jerome which you wanna enjoy on a lazy summer day. Be prepared for some foul language use.
The book goes back and forth between the perspectives of Nick Dunne and his missing wife, Amy Elliot Dunne. Amy’s perspective is from a diary of the past, and the picture she paints is one of an unhappy marriage. From Nick’s perspective, we hear about his current thoughts following the disappearance of his wife and subsequent police investigation.
The story has its good points and bad. I will start with the good ones which far outweigh the bad points.
Good Points: Very interesting plot, you are left guessing as to what is happening till 70% of the book, good writing style- not too descriptive nor very sketchy. The author is good in giving us two point of views of the two main protagonists in the book allowing us to make a judgement on their actions or behaviour.
Now to the bad side: the entire book is a dark dark thriller, and at the end of it I actually felt depressed and lost a bit of faith from human relationships. So if you are one of those who read and keep mulling over the book for the next few days, let me tell you to keep some happy people around you and don't take it on a vacation, you would not only ruin your mood but also the people with you would start complaining.
The end is again something which I personally didn't agree with. I guess in reality things like that happen but it just went on to become something so twisted and dark and convoluted that you just want the whole thing to stop.
All in all I won't read it again as I am not fan of books that make me sad or depressed but the author had accomplished what she had set out to do; that is make a good mystery thriller which keeps people guessing till the end.
Please feel free to post your comments and thoughts about what you felt about the book and also suggest any new books whose reviews you would be interested in reading. If I have read the book I would try my best to post reviews of the book, even if its as new as published last month.
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