Gone Girl was amazing, it is as simple as that. I found it on a list of 'books to read before the movies come out,' and liked the plot synopsis so much that I ordered it from amazon aling with two other books. It was so engrossing I carried the book with me everywhere for two days until I finished it.
Amy and Nick are New York newlyweds, living a perfect, fun existence. They both get fired from their jobs and leave their NY home to move to Missouri to care for Nick's ill parents. Amy hates Missouri, and Nick is frustrated his mother passed away first, leaving him and his twin sister to care for their emotionally abusive, angry father.
When I am reading a book and I come to a part that surprises me, shocks me, or freaks me out, I slam the book shut and keep it closed until I'm ready to deal with what is happening in the book. It keeps those crazy plots and emotionally charged words trapped inside! I shut this book a lot during the 48 hours I read it.
Lessons learned: siblings are awesome, people are crazy, and never commit adultery.
My one gripe was the ending. I do think people are crazy enough that it is plausible, but raising a child with a sociopath to erase daddy issues is probably not the way to go.
