No I haven't run away. Gone Girl is a thriller by Jillian Flynn. Normally I wouldn't even go near the thriller section in the bookstore let alone purchase something from it, but after all three of my book clubs chose this book in November (and after an informal Facebook poll of my friends who had read it for a read on scariness) I picked myself up a copy.
When I say that I could not not put it down, that is the understatement of the century. I walked to work with my nose in the book. I read it on the bus, on my lunch break, and at night until I fell asleep with it on my chest. It only took me 2 days to finish. It was AMAZING.
Seriously, it's amazing. I don't want to give it away, you have to read it. At first I thought it was a who-done it, then a why-done it, and then back to a who-done it. Flynn toys with your emotions like a yo-yo, making you believe whatever she wants, only to throw it back in your face and laugh at your stupidity.
This book is about much more than a missing woman. It's about who we are as people. It's about what tears relationships apart. It's about manipulation. It's about how well you know someone even when you think you know everything there is to know.
If you want the spoiler ask and I'll tell you, but I think you'll be depriving yourself of a great read.
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