"Gone Girl" - Pick it up Immediately

"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn

"Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of it's opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood." - Tony Kushner The Illusion

     Usually I hate when authors start out their novels with quotes.  It presumes their intelligence is greater than yours and makes them seem as though they are showing off.  But in this case it is a true preamble and a bit of a teaser to what you're about to read.  Now this is a tricky one to write about because I want to give nothing away.  I want you to read it and be as surprised and disturbed as I was, I won't steal that from you cause that's the fun.

     I spent the entire first half of the book thinking I had the plot nailed and then Flynn turned me on my head.  So with very few details I'll try my best to suck you in.  Amy and Nick Dunne, a young couple, successful, seemingly happy and about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Amy goes missing and is presumed dead signs of struggle are all over.  The question is who is to blame.  Doesn't sound super thrilling but Flynn tells the story through dueling perspectives alternating between Nick and the journal entries of his missing wife.  It keeps the story fresh and more anticipation builds as you learn more of Nicks current life and more detail of their shared past.  You turn the page and you hit part 2 . . . . .  and everything changes and you won't be able to put it down.