Gillian Flynn's novel follows married couple Nick and Amy Dunne. They appear to have the perfect marriage, but after Amy goes missing on the couple's fifth wedding anniversary, the truth about their relationship slowly begins to unravel. Nick appears to be acting strange for a man who's wife has gone missing and slowly, the general public begins to turn on him as he becomes the case's key suspect. Meanwhile, Amy's side of the story is being revealed through diary passages written by her over the past five years.
Gone Girl has a number of twists and turns that kept me very engaged. By the middle of the book, everything I has initially that about the main characters had changed. The book focused on the relationship between Amy and Nick and the psychological states of the two more than the case itself, which I enjoyed. Without giving too much away, it was interesting to look into the mind of someone who could be considered a "psychopath", with no morals or concern for others. In reading this book, it also made me think about what we really do not know about the people involved in cases we hear about on the news.
I haven't read many good books this summer so I'm glad I decided to give Gone Girl a look. I'm also now interested in checking out other books by Flynn, including Sharp Objects and Dark Places.
Have you read Gone Girl? What other books have you enjoyed this summer? (I need a beach read for next week!)
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