Gone girl is a fastpaced, always surprising pageturner of a bookgone girl is a superbly crafted novel by a talented and daring young writer and it will keep you guessing until the very last sentence. Cincinnati city beat, john kelly a highly original thriller thats also a razorsharp depiction of a relationship gone off the. Immensely dark and deeply intelligent, gone girl is a book about how well one person can truly know another metro 20120601 flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind carla mckay daily mail 20120609. Gone girl, dark places, sharp objects kindle edition by flynn, gillian. Ben affleck and rosamund pike at an event for gone girl 2014 david fincher and neil. But with your help we can continue to put it center stage. The second book, hunger, was released a year later, followed by the third book, lies, on may 4, 2010. Gone girl is a film adaptation of flynns 2012 novel of the same name. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. Reviewers praised the novels use of unreliable narration, plot twists, and suspense. Gone girl by gillian flynn the girl on the train by paula hawkins sharp.
The town and surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable barrier that burns to the touch, with many of its inhabitants developing supernatural powers. I started with gone girl because it was being released as a movie and promptly read the other two. What are your thoughts on gone girl by gillian flynn. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. See our analysis of the gone girl screenplay below, and find a free pdf download for you to study.
Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. Parallels may be drawn between gone girl and lionel shrivers 2003 bestseller we need to talk about kevin, which was adapted into a movie in 2011. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the complete gillian flynn. I normally do not care for fiction, however, this is the most recent selection of my book club. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. From topping the new york times bestseller list to becoming a box office hit, it is clear that audiences everywhere were entranced by gillian flynns gone girl.
Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. This 43page guide for gone girl by gillian flynn includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 3 parts, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. This boxed set contains the three novels from bestselling author gillian flynn. If you havent yet read gone girl, or if you care about spoilers, please dont read further than this sentence, because im about to give the whole ending of this book away. A new spin on a classic missing person thriller, all the missing girls is. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girls titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. This post contains spoilers for the gone girl movie and book. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5.
I have tracked the success of gillian flynns gone girl the thriller has spent 77 weeks on our bestseller list and i have given the book as a gift. Walmart has a huge selection of reading material, including classics, new releases and nonfiction. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. Gone girl was not the first gillian flynn novel id read. As the new york times bestselling author of gone girl, gillian flynn is no stranger to the booktoscreen world. When the wife, amy, sets up her philandering husband, nick, for her murder, the two characters vie for the readers sympathy.
Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding nick dunne affleck, who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden. The novels suspense comes from the main character, nick dunne, and whether he is involved in the disappearance of his wife. Gone girl is one of those movies a feminist spectator can only leave feeling dirty. The book gave amys point of view weight, and refused to villainize her despite controversies even then about whether the novel was misogynist. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. Reese witherspoon got a lot of accolades for producing gone girl, and now shes got a lawsuit leslie weller claims she wrote a screenplay called out of the blue back in 2005.
Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. Its characters are ciphers, its setting is perfunctory, and its violence is stylized. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel closely. Even if the movie had ended at half point, that would have been a complete story with a twist. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At the tender age of 21, the british actress was cast. All the missing girls is the archetypal murder mystery, the kind it seems like everyone has been hungry for since gillian flynns gone girl and paula hawkinss girl on a train. Gone girl by gillian flynn was one of the big suspense novels of 2012. Dont we believe that while nick is being set up for this, he is not only an. Immerse yourself in a story, get to know new characters, read about your favorite historical period or learn a new skill by picking up a book.
Gone girls plot turns partly on one female character fabricating a charge of rape. The chicago tribune proclaimed that flynns work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. The novel soon made the new york times best seller list. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. The story follows a married couple, nick dunne and amy elliott dunne, from the time they meet and up until amy goes missing under suspicious circumstances. Based on the novel of the same name by gillian flynn, gone girl is set. I really liked having these three books together for one price. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, nick dunne ben affleck reports that his beautiful wife, amy rosamund pike, has gone missing. Now her first novel, sharp objects, is taking hbo by storm, and the rapid surge in popularity of southern gothic is a testament to flynns talent.
But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events. On their fifth wedding anniversary, writing teacher nick dunne returns home to find his wife amy missing. The new trailer of gone girl has neil patrick harris making an appearance. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago. Maybe female redditors can clue us in on their thoughts about this elusive cool girl. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. Gone girl i wanted to read this book because i wanted to watch the movie. The plot is genuinely interesting and it makes it just impossible to put the book down. All the missing girls by megan miranda, paperback barnes.
The first novel in this series, titled gone, was published in 2008. Her job as a film writer required her to travel the world visiting sets. But thankfully it wasnt, that would have been just another execution of a standard endingwithatwist. Is gillian flynn planning to write a sequel to gone girl. Like the lead character she portrays in the widely anticipated movie version of gone girl, rosamund pike fell off nearly everyones radar.
If youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of. Reading is a wonderful way to relax or to learn new things. Gillian flynn on her bestseller gone girl and accusations of. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. I finished both sharp objects and dark places before picking this one up, so the standard of her previous novels coupled with the hype. Gone girl directed by david fincher and based upon the global bestseller by gillian flynn unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks to emma brockes about her leap to.
Movie with a spoiler page as well that gives more insight on the movie. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian. Gone girl 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. T he gone girl script was adapted from the novel of the same name, and features some great quotes, a killer plot, and became an academy awardnominated movie.
Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. When amy rosamund pike says, of her plot against her husband, nick. The book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. The author makes you love some characters and want to kill others. Gone is a bestselling book series written by michael grant the series is centered on the fictional southern californian town of perdido beach, in which every human aged 15 and older vanishes. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. Sharp objects was the winner of the crime writers associations new blood fiction dagger and ian fleming steel.
199 753 1028 272 931 1033 189 797 930 864 856 34 1555 852 1181 1262 901 270 1280 1041 658 1341 1500 449 530 363 617 601 1598 1287 1164 840 786 194 262 1167 1137 303 1065 1335 911 1119 1410 350 604