Gone Girl

The brilliancy of the this book is its dual personalities. It tells the story from both Nick and Amy’s angles, like “Mars and Venus” in fictional form. The story unfolds through a progressive, and alternative, of narratives. There are three parts of the book, and I screamed out in surprises at the end of each one (well, maybe not the last).

I particularly liked the book actually ending at the end. I have read so many multi-book stories that I am somewhat wary of the ending of a particular book, anticipating a teaser to hook me to the next installment.

It is very hard not to ruin the book. It began with Nick, the husband, found his wife missing on their 5th anniversary. During his frantic search, we learned about their relationship from Amy, the wife, via her diary entries from several years ago. Their characters unfolded and the plot thickened.

Gillian Flynn was brilliant in making it so believable that those narratives were from Nick and Amy, two distinct personalities. It was convenient, I guess, for her that both were writers, like her.

The ending was intriguing. It set up the series of book, written by Amy and Nick, about their baby and the repeating of the cycle that the baby will grow up just like Amy. So it hinted for the true relationship of Amy’s parents. Was their relationship just like Nick and Amy’s, only practiced for a lot longer time?

So the ending was really the very beginning on how Amy’s parent made her.