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traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 5:15 PM on Monday, May 13th, 2013
I just finished reading and I can help to feel super disappointmented Most of the characters were plain broken people so I'm inclined to think I never connected with any of them.
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wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 7:35 PM on Monday, May 13th, 2013
I liked it in that it was a good, psychological thriller/story and I was always racing ahead to find out what happened next but yeah... I have to say I didn't like any of the main characters much at all. It was hard to root for any of them.
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meaniemouse ( member #10798) posted at 5:54 AM on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Count me in. I raced through and felt really angry at all of the characters in the end.
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20WrongsVs1 ( member #39000) posted at 12:48 PM on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
It was, at least, unique.
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Too_Trusting ( member #99) posted at 11:39 AM on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
I hated both of the characters too, but OMG - I could NOT put that book down.
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Tripletrouble ( member #39169) posted at 10:00 PM on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
It was right after reading this my WH signed up for his secret life on AFF. I can't help but feel like the book factored in his intrigue with a secret life.
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ms521 ( member #12008) posted at 1:49 AM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
I remember reading it and wondering what all the hype was. Figured it was the overdone story of some guy who offs his wife to clear his path for other women. Whatever.
I couldn't put it down because I was waiting for him to get caught. And I was happily surprised by the ending in that I thought the characters deserved each other.
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nolight ( member #32785) posted at 9:41 PM on Monday, June 3rd, 2013
I liked Amy allot until mid way through then ended up disliking both of them but I found a fair bit of what she said to be true too..
I don't think you always have to identity with a character, these were two very broken and utterly dislikable people. I've just finished the book and its the first time in awhile that a book has made me really think about my feelings about the characters I was reading about. I'm excited to read her other novels!
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neverendinghurt ( member #15859) posted at 4:46 PM on Saturday, November 9th, 2013
I have just finished reading Gone Girl and had to come here to read what others thought.
Some parts of it triggered me, and my Dday was 7 years ago.
I did wonder several time sif the author has been a member here, it seemed to me that she may have experienced infidelity at some point.
As for the book, I think the author started out with a good storyline which she spoiled by making Amy psychopath.
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Lionne ( member #25560) posted at 7:19 PM on Sunday, November 10th, 2013
Unique, to be sure. That was the best part about it... totally unlikeable characters.
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circe ( member #6687) posted at 7:56 PM on Sunday, November 10th, 2013
I actually loved that the two main characters were so awful and unlikeable. I thought it was a unique way to handle the book. The husband! Omg, how icky he was! And the wife! Once I gave up trying to relate to either of them and just sat back and watched the trainwreck unfold it was a great story.
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PurpleRose ( member #33129) posted at 3:05 AM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
I agree- it's rare that I hate both main characters in a book! I loved that they got what they deserved in the end- each other!
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 7:46 PM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
I hated it, but I'm now reading "The Silent Wife," which is very similar but, imho, a much better book--maybe because both husband and wife are very "normal" to me, compared to the "Gone Girl" characters.
prowoman ( member #40761) posted at 11:11 PM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Agree with so many. Loved the story, hated the characters, and ended up liking the fact that the characters were so unlikeable. The analogy of watching a train wreck unfold... spot on.
teacheribe ( member #10376) posted at 12:43 AM on Saturday, December 21st, 2013
The movie Gone Girl is to come out next year.
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circe ( member #6687) posted at 12:04 PM on Thursday, December 26th, 2013
I recently listened to this as an audiobook on a long drive, and I have to say that one of the things I liked about it was that I hated the husband so much (he reminds me very much of my xH) that I was almost glad that Amy was who she was, as she could do this almost fantasy version of revenge that "normal" people could never do.
I don't know if you guys have seen the series Luther on Netflix, but there's a female character who is a psychopath that the main character nearly comes to rely on, as she does things a moral person would never do, but that on some inner level a moral person might secretly wish would happen.
Though I may just have felt this way because during the holidays I've had to interact more with my xH, who seems fairly normal these days but in the past was very much like Nick - helpless, lazy, self centered, addicted to unearned praise, shallow, always saw himself as the victim, even when he was doing something terrible. When I listened to the book in audio form I ended up picturing my ex as Nick and so in my mind I was glad he ended up with Amy as his wife.
I checked out the cast list for the movie - Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. ?? I don't know if I would have pictured Ben Affleck, but ok.
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NeverAgain0 ( member #44719) posted at 6:24 PM on Thursday, September 4th, 2014
I'm ready for the movie!!
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pizzalover ( member #38336) posted at 11:55 PM on Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Me too! I loved the book!
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Popper ( new member #44782) posted at 1:09 AM on Sunday, September 7th, 2014
I was intrigued but HATED the ending! Awful
redsox13 ( member #43391) posted at 6:45 PM on Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Good read - but the first 30% of the book reads very different from the ending.
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