Over the past few weeks, I kept seeing rave reviews (Salon, NY Times,The Age) of Gillian
Flynn’s new thriller Gone Girl.
Let me say that the reviews are right: this is rave worthy book.
It's a smart,funny and thrilling "who dunnit".
Let me say that the reviews are right: this is rave worthy book.
It's a smart,funny and thrilling "who dunnit".
It’s also difficult to
review properly because there are some brilliant and slightly outrageous plot twists that can't be revealed.
In a clever but deceptively simple narrative structure, Gone
Girl begins with the voice of Nick, an all American man, whose marriage to Amy
seems to be in trouble.
Amy then goes missing. Each chapter alternates between Amy and
Nick and between past and present.
The story spirals into a thrilling cat and mouse game between
husband and wife. And ultimately between author and reader, as each reveal brings more uncertainty to the story and shifting alliances.
Needless to say the writing is sharp and the characters well developed and believable.
This is my favourite type of thriller: it hooks you in
straight away and you know you can’t stop reading until the finish.
A deliciously enjoyable read that stays in your head for a bit. In fact I needed a couple of days to properly recover from it all!
