REVIEW – 8

TITLE: GONE GIRL

AUTHOR: GILLIAN FLYNN

GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

                                          PLOT

When the marriage turns into misery, then it’s a lethal trap. It’s a story of a couple Amy Elliott and Nick Dunne. Amy is a girl suits the phrase “beauty with brains” who is famous since childhood for her children series “Amazing Amy” and an indomitable perfectionist. While on other hand Nick is an ordinary person, raised with a misogynist father. Nick loses his job as a writer at a magazine. Eventually, Nick and Amy relocate from New York to his hometown, Missouri. On the occasion of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy disappears and her husband becomes the prime suspect. Nick’s search for his disappeared wife brings more intriguing twist and turns into the story.

                                MAIN CHARACTERS



Amy Elliot: Protagonist

Nick Dunne: Amy’s husband

Go Dunne: Nick’s sister

Maureen and Bill Dunne: Nick’s parents

Rand and Marybeth Elliott: Amy’s parents

Jim Giplin and Rhonda Boney: detectives designated for Amy’s case.

                                      MY REVIEW

First things the first book has a brilliant plot and one cannot put the book down until finished reading it. The story has two parts, in the first half reader may feel a lag, but the second half of the story becomes even more gripping and fast pace. There is a lot of room for speculation and the reader can expect the unexpected. Reading this book had been an emotional roller coaster for me and kept boredom at bay.

This Book has covered relevant issues based on marriage and childhood. Nowadays relations are deteriorating fast and irreversibly. The story shows how a marriage relationship can turn out to be the worst one. She has explained the factors that may weaken the bond between relationships with the aid of a thriller aspect.

Personality development mostly takes place in childhood. Children are like clay in a potter’s hands, parents can mould them in whatever way they desire. But the flaws in those moulding will stay lifelong. That flaws in a personality sometimes leave them in jeopardy. Book has shown how important is childhood than adulthood, which will decide whether a person to be good or bad in the future.

Author has used descriptive language in her book. she has described even the small intricate details of the story and has remarkable character development. The story has switched through the perspective of Nick and Amy. Though I have dislikes too. The unnecessary use of many abusive words irrespective of the plot’s demand. Personally, I found it so disgusting. I felt several character descriptions are as derogatory remarks. So I do not recommend this book to children below 14. 

                                   MY RATINGS:

                                                    3 stars out of 5 stars.










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