Gone Girl
This book has been bandied about as thriller of the year; thriller of the decade even. Because of these labels, I have been reluctant to read it. Books with these recommendations never live up to expectations. But the hype continues and I acquiesced.
And once again, a book fails to live up to its reputation. It is a good book (a book you read quickly on a beach holiday and have forgotten by next year); but not a great book.
The positives: it is gripping, the central villain has great psy
chological complexity and there are some minor plot twists that were not originally obvious.
The bad: it is slow, after 200 odd pages we finally realize what we suspected all along. Beyond the central villain every single character is a recognizable and predictable stereotype with no originality. The worst part of this book was the predictability of the central plot twists, I kept waiting for something breathtakingly original to happen and was bitterly disappointed.
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snewton 7 years ago
This is honestly such a good book. Once you understand whats happening it does get a little easy to predict what will happen, but not so much that it's boring to read. One of the best I've read in a while.
Guest 7 years ago
It took me about 6 months to get through this book, I found it to be extremely boring, the last 100 or so pages were good and kept me on the edge. I would not recommend this book to anyone who needs a book to get there attention from the beginning. The movie however, I found was very good. A lot better than the book.
Guest 8 years ago
Okay this book came across me after I watched the movie and I knew it was a book when the movie came out. The only issue I have with this book is that it is almost just like the movie because the movie was as drawn out like a novel. The movie was interesting enough to hold my attention but I am not sure I can say the same as the book because once I put it down that is it. The plot is good the characters especially Amy I do not like how she got away with so much. Although I don't feel so bad for the husband I have no sympathy for much of the characters.
Guest 8 years ago
2.5 stars. Sorry, not a fan. While I think the author did a good job creating complex characters, I do not like her writing style and found the story boring and predictable. In all honesty, I skimmed most of the book because I wasn't interested and just wanted to finish it. The only point I did become interested was when Diary Amy became Real Amy. Then I was kind of rooting for the bad guy to win, but then it got boring again. However, I laid in bed trying to figure out where I've read "Amy" before. It finally came to me--Zenia in Atwood's The Robber Bride. Much better book in my opinion.Write Review:
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