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

Worth it!

I tried actually reading this book about three times never getting more that 50 pages in. I had heard such great reviews that it was my first selection when I join Audible. I decided to give this book a go on a 6 hour car trip. About 40 minutes in I was hooked! I finished the entire book in about 3 days. Loved it! Followed up with the movie which was (of course) not nearly as fabulous as the book!

Scariest Story EVER!!!!

So many crazy twists and turns you never see coming. Absolutely nuts with constant moments of craziness.

crappy ending

what an amazing story! So well-written, so many exciting twists and turns! I couldn't wait to see what they pulled at the last minute for the ending... Well, the ending sucked... I was very disappointed.
that said, I still recommend the book. It was great up until the ending.

The worst people.

I’m glad I listened to the book. But, man! did I hate the main characters. I was almost gave up because they were so disgusting. But I didn’t. There’s a plot twist. So stay with it.

Terrific Book. Totally Unpredictable.

Loved it. I would definitely recommend it. This storyline was quite different from any book that I have read before. I found myself hating one character, then liking one character and hating the other character again. and then liking the other character again, and then hating both characters by the end. hope that makes sense.

Wonderful story, couldn’t stop listening

I loved it,

I loved Amy, and then loved Nick and then hated Amy ... it has been a good emotional exercise.

Late to the game

** spoiler alert ** I came late to the game, but I thought this book was fantastic. I listened to the audio version on my commute and it made the 30 minutes fly by each way. The bummer for me was that because everyone talked about the movie so much, I already knew the "twist" if you will. I think Gillian Flynn wrote smart and intriguing characters. While most of friends didn't like Nick, I found him to be fairly sympathetic-until the end at least.
The ending was the only qualm I had. I wasn't looking for some happy ending or anything, that wouldn't have been realistic, but I thought the final trap that Amy had laid out was lame. That being said, the end end, as in the last chapter, was amazing. The way Amy concluded with "I think I deserve that much" was so perfect for the character that was developed.
If you haven't read Sharp Objects by Flynn, I recommend that. It was a better book and the ending feels better/more satisfying.

The narrator's were amazing

this is the best book I have listened to. The storyline was great with twists and turns. But the narrator's made this book amazing. The emotions were palpable in their voices. I felt exactly what the were trying to convey. Perfect score all around

effed up

Didn't really end. I guess I'm too nice to like a story like this. I was angry the whole time listening to it. but I can't deny that the story is well written. It definitely leaves you hanging and there are many twists and turns. I guess I just wonder what kind of person can conceive of such a story. Maybe there's not much of a line between the writer's madness and that of the characters'.

Amazing Amy is All About Evil

Amy is so much more evil and plotting in the book than the movie. Stupid Desi.