This novel is a must-read, sort of those 101 guides - if your husband is having an affair and you want to teach him a lesson or you want to protect yourself from your psycho wife. Since I do not fall into either category, it ended up giving me a very bad case of splitting headache which refused to go away even after turning the last page. :-(
As far as the plot goes, we have a couple - Nick and Amy. As is the norm in these novels, Amy is very pretty and Nick is handsome in a roguish way. They lose their jobs in New York and move back to his native town, supposedly to take care of his dying mother. There is Go (for Margo!), Nick's sister who is helping him run the bar purchased with Amy's money (Ouch!). And then there are Amy's parents, the psychologists and authors of the successful book series 'Amazing Amy'. Then one fine day, Amy disappears. The house is a mess - suggesting she might have been kidnapped. And yet, there is no ransom note. So the needle of suspicion points to Nick, he being the husband. Innocent till proven guilty? No chance. It is upto him to prove that he didn't do it - unless the Gone Girl (or her body!) is found.
The author has done a very good job of making the reader suspect that Nick is the culprit - so much so that the reader starts wondering if Nick is innocent after all. Amy's schemes appear clever but they are so elaborate that at many points during the narrative I paused and wondered aka Dean Winchester from Supernatural - Seriously? Of course, I also couldn't stomach the fact that in the end Nick cannot bring Amy to justice. :-( The book jacket mentioned that there are talks to turn this novel into a motion picture. I am curious to see who are cast as Nick and Amy but don't think I will shell out any money to go watch it in the theaters.
I have had enough of Amy and her scheming ways.
As far as the plot goes, we have a couple - Nick and Amy. As is the norm in these novels, Amy is very pretty and Nick is handsome in a roguish way. They lose their jobs in New York and move back to his native town, supposedly to take care of his dying mother. There is Go (for Margo!), Nick's sister who is helping him run the bar purchased with Amy's money (Ouch!). And then there are Amy's parents, the psychologists and authors of the successful book series 'Amazing Amy'. Then one fine day, Amy disappears. The house is a mess - suggesting she might have been kidnapped. And yet, there is no ransom note. So the needle of suspicion points to Nick, he being the husband. Innocent till proven guilty? No chance. It is upto him to prove that he didn't do it - unless the Gone Girl (or her body!) is found.
The author has done a very good job of making the reader suspect that Nick is the culprit - so much so that the reader starts wondering if Nick is innocent after all. Amy's schemes appear clever but they are so elaborate that at many points during the narrative I paused and wondered aka Dean Winchester from Supernatural - Seriously? Of course, I also couldn't stomach the fact that in the end Nick cannot bring Amy to justice. :-( The book jacket mentioned that there are talks to turn this novel into a motion picture. I am curious to see who are cast as Nick and Amy but don't think I will shell out any money to go watch it in the theaters.
I have had enough of Amy and her scheming ways.
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