Gone Girl

A Novel

By: Gillian Flynn

Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne

Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time)—now featuring never-before-published deleted scenes

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY TIME AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times • People • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • Slate • Kansas City Star • USA Today • Christian Science Monitor

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer?

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Chicago Tribune • HuffPost • Newsday

©2012 Gillian Flynn (P)2012 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Absorbing . . . In masterly fashion, Flynn depicts the unraveling of a marriage—and of a recession-hit Midwest—by interweaving the wife’s diary entries with the husband’s first-person account.”—The New Yorker

“Ms. Flynn writes dark suspense novels that anatomize violence without splashing barrels of blood around the pages . . . Ms. Flynn has much more up her sleeve than a simple missing-person case. As Nick and Amy alternately tell their stories, marriage has never looked so menacing, narrators so unreliable.”—The Wall Street Journal

“The story unfolds in precise and riveting prose . . . even while you know you’re being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

AMAZING!

What did you love best about Gone Girl?

the differing voices for Amy and Nick/female and male speaker

Who was your favorite character and why?

AMY

Which character – as performed by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne – was your favorite?

Julia Whelan - Amy!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The ending! the book is way more impressive than the movie...also the part where she explains that she'd actually kill herself!

I think it was good??

Im just not sure how to rate this one. It was the longest book I’ve listened to as of yet, at 18+ hrs, and reviews said it was twisted and kept you guessing. And while it was literally entertaining the whole way through, I kept waiting for massive twists and turns that just weren’t there, but maybe because I hyped it up based on reviews. And I honestly feel like it was the most anticlimactic book I’ve ever read/listened, as one reviewer said, and I wholeheartedly agree, there was just...NO ending. But as I mentioned, it was entertaining and I liked listening to it, why it’s hard to rate. Narration was really good, took a bit to get used to the guys voice but the woman’s was spot on - she was perfect like you could picture the character it was so good.

So many twists, my head spins!

Great book and I love the voice actors! It can be slow tp start, but stick with it. It's really good.

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch

This story started off slow I wasn't sure I liked it. I wasn't sure I like the characters I wasn't sure I liked the format of the book but then it got better. I thought she was going to get her due but I was disappointed in the end. Yes, the inner workings of a marriage, that marriage was, to say the least, interesting but if I had been Nick I wouldn't have caved. I won't say this wasn't a good book but it wasn't the greatest I'm going to have to watch the movie see if I like that better.

I saw the movie. It was worse than the book!

Gone Girl

The story was good. I would have liked to see some parts with a different twist but not my story. It did annoy me when listening to the voice used for Amy when giving Nick's version was different from Amy herself.

Always Three Steps Ahead

Simply brilliant and the narrators were absolutely phenomenal! It was such a great book from start to finish.

I really loved this book, Was extremely suspensefu

I really loved this book, I couldn't wait to get to the next chapter! I really loved the way it was set up with both sides of the the story being told by the "husband" and "wife." It really made it feel like you were there, listening to them tell their story about love, life, betrayal, death, dismay, and family!

Believe

Actually I thought this book was whining down until I say I had over 7 more hours to go, the twists & turns & all the unexpected surprises is what I enjoyed! Not a stereotypical, wrap the ending in a cute bow book either! Wondering if there will be a continuation, not that it needs to be!

Disappointment for me

The author did a good job of keeping my interest until the end and it was performed well. Neither of the two central characters were model citizens but I had hoped for a good ending. But, alas, I now feel that I wasted several hours listening to this book.

Despicable characters

The male is just as despicable as his wife is... very yucky characters. The story became too unbelievable and I suffered listening just to get to the end.