GONE GIRL: A NOVEL (2012) is a Winner!

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is only the second book I have read on my Christmas Kindle Fire. Does etiquette still allow for the term 'page turner' or should we use 'screen swiper' now?

I've been putting off writing anything because this book is so clever and mesmerizing that I am reluctant to spoil the experience for anyone. And everybody is going to be reading it.

Basically it is two intertwined stories in the he-said/she-said form. The challenge is finding the truth. And keep in mind that no matter where you think the story is going, it isn't.

Carefully plotted and beautifully written in distinct voices, the experience reminded me of reading Scott Smith's A Simple Plan, constantly trying to figure out solutions.

All three of Gillian Flynn's books have now been optioned for movies. (No surprise there.) Here's an article at Galleycat mentioning who is attached to star and direct.

You can be assured that I will be searching out and the author's two earlier works: Dark Places and Sharp Objects.

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GONE GIRL: A NOVEL (2012)

Sunday's paper had three mentions of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl: A Novel and then the magazine I flipped through recommended it as well. Catching up today with Entertainment Weekly, I discovered another article and interview with the author in the Summer Double Issue. Does that seem like a rather insistent message from the universe to you? I mean, I already had ordered Gone Girl to download to my Kindle Fire pre-pub and it has been waiting for my attention ever since.

So I started to read today and am already engrossed and fascinated. The tale is told in two very distinct voices: that of Amy through her earlier journals juxtaposed with Nick's insistence on the facts of the present. Who should the reader believe?