GONE GIRL

After finishing Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, I have to say I really enjoyed it. At first, I was extremely bored with the book but as it continued on to part to, the constant plot twists had me continuously flipping pages. It took me a long time to get through part one of the book, but once I hit part two, it was only a matter of a few days. The thing I loved the most in the book was the way Flynn conveyed the characters. She shows how the characters are with each other and dives deep into the crevasses of a failed marriage. Throughout the story you can really see how Nick and Amy manipulate each other, yet how they are unable to just walk away. This book is extremely dark and explores different branches of sanity and insanity. The main characters often border on going crazy and doing anything to prove a point. Although very frightening, it showed what a failed marriage could lead the partners to-- insanity. I loved her writing style where it was a diary entry of Nick and Amy giving their stories, while reading Amy's diary entries, you hate Nick, but while reading Nick's diary entry, you hate Amy. You watch the couple become unable to express any of their feelings to eachother as they fall apart, which ultimately leads to the situation. You go through a series of emotions before, during, and after Amy's disappearance. I loved having a semester reading book because it allowed us to enjoy reading a book over a long period of time and not rushing to finish it or analyzing every bit of it, although I enjoy having class discussions about the books we are reading, I also really enjoyed being able to develop my thoughts on the book without another influence. I thought it was a fun project to wrap the year up with and I overall thought it was an enjoyable project to work on.