Gone Girl - SPOILERS
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SPOILERS
Just finished the book and have mixed emotions.
The height of literature it is not, but it was a gripping read. The systematic collapse of a relationship was well drawn and I thought the image of the mid-West as a dust-bowl of poverty was well written.
The twist was very good and not sign-posted at all, but it went down-hill pretty quickly after that - the implausible stay in the lodge with the drifters and then the murder of Desi (although it was clever in that I am convinced the creepy actions of Desi were all in Amy's mind).
It was quite rushed and I was waiting for that eureka-moment where Boney would redeem herself and nail the psycho. In the end it was a bit anti-climatic, albeit it very unsettling. I suppose we are left thinking, who will be next - the unborn child?
Thoughts?
Just finished the book and have mixed emotions.
The height of literature it is not, but it was a gripping read. The systematic collapse of a relationship was well drawn and I thought the image of the mid-West as a dust-bowl of poverty was well written.
The twist was very good and not sign-posted at all, but it went down-hill pretty quickly after that - the implausible stay in the lodge with the drifters and then the murder of Desi (although it was clever in that I am convinced the creepy actions of Desi were all in Amy's mind).
It was quite rushed and I was waiting for that eureka-moment where Boney would redeem herself and nail the psycho. In the end it was a bit anti-climatic, albeit it very unsettling. I suppose we are left thinking, who will be next - the unborn child?
Thoughts?
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