Author: Gillian Flynn
# of Pages: 19 hours 11 minutes (audiobook)
Genre: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: It is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media - as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents - the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter - but is he really a killer?
Review: Gone Girl is somewhere in between 3 and 4 stars.
I think I am sometimes too lenient with audiobooks. Gone Girl "read" well as an audiobook; the two perspectives were not too confusing, and the mystery aspect of the plot is gripping. But after finishing this book and considered giving it four stars, I began reflecting on why I felt a tinge of annoyance toward this book.
I attributed it mainly to, of course, the POV switching. This is something that I think I notice less when listening, but it has the same issues. Since Nick and Amy each have some non-overlapping information, it drove me insane knowing more than one of the main characters. I enjoy the mystery, but I don't enjoy one of the main characters being mystified by something that is not a mystery to me.
Overall, still a good story. Really invokes the feeling of helplessness. The ending was unsatisfying me, but I would still recommend this book.
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