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Marriage is supposed to be happily ever after but it doesn’t always work out that way does it? In Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl‚ she paints a portrait of a failing marriage‚ suspected murder‚ deceit‚ manipulation and a battle of the wills between Nick Dunne and Amy Dunne. All these elements create a one of a kind thriller that will keep you up until the wee hours waiting to know how it ends.

Nick‚ the husband wakes up early one morning‚ expecting it to be a normal run of the mill day. What he gets instead is a bunch of smashed furniture‚ items thrown around the living room‚ and his wife missing in action. Ironically this all happens around the time they are to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.

Nick does the noble thing and reports her missing to the cops. However‚ his behavior is strange and seems highly unemotional for a man who should be grieving his missing wife. On the other hand‚ Amy Dunne is no peach herself. She grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth and her cold demeanor would make anybody’s hair stand up on the back of their neck.They both tend to play head games and it makes for a lively guessing game of figuring out what is going on behind the curtain.

The first half of the story goes back and forth between Amy’s diary and her telling the story of their five year marriage. It refers back to Nick and what he is going through dealing with the police‚ looking for clues that Amy has left with her treasure hunt for her husband for their anniversary. As the story goes on and Amy’s tales of their marriage starts to paint a progressively poor picture‚ the evidence builds toward Nick looking guilty.  It is hard to decide who to believe. It is like Doctor Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde. Both of them have character defects and also have great character traits. Who knows who is speaking the truth and what happened to Amy?

This intense chilling novel is a one of a kind story. Gillian Flynn perfects what a mystery is and keeps one guessing till the last page. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves psychological thrillers and always keeping one on their toes wondering what will happen next. This is a book I will read again and that in itself speaks volumes to what a showpiece Gone Girl is.

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