Book Bearings
Gone Girl
- 475 pages · about 8 hours
- First published 2011
- 48 editions
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1 About this book
On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Dunne disappears from the house she shares with her husband, Nick, in his home town of North Carthage, Missouri. There are signs of a struggle, and as the police and the television cameras gather, suspicion settles on Nick, who is hiding things of his own. The story is told in turn by Nick, from the day of the disappearance onward, and by Amy, through her diary of their marriage, and the two accounts do not agree. Gillian Flynn's psychological thriller was published in 2012.
- Crimes against
- Mystery
- Thrillers
- Victims of crimes
- Marriage
- Married people
- Wives
- Husbands
2 What to expect
A psychological thriller about a marriage: a woman vanishes on her fifth wedding anniversary, and her husband becomes the suspect. Husband and wife narrate in turn, neither can be trusted, and the story changes shape more than once. It is sharp, cynical and fast, as much about the lies between partners and the frenzy of the media as about the crime, with unlikable characters, strong language and some violence.
Good for readers who want: a dark psychological thriller, unreliable narrators, and a marriage under a microscope.
3 About Gillian Flynn
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Gillian Flynn
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