Gone Girl

De: Gillian Flynn

Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne

What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions storm cloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do? Just how well can you ever know the person you love?

These are the questions that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? And what was in that half-wrapped box left so casually on their marital bed? In this novel, marriage truly is the art of war.

©2012 Gillian Flynn (P)2012 Random House

Love the ‘cool girl’ monologue

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, it really woks well as a portrait of ‘love among the imperfect’.

AMAZING STORYYYYY AND AUDIBLE <3

This audible story was superb. The story itself was truly mysterious and was nail biting till the end.. And as for the narrators, they were amazing THUMBS UP!!

Not your typical "whodunnit"

It took me a few chapters to get into this book. When I started listening I thought I had bought a romantic novel with a sicky love story.. Girl meets boy, blah, blah, blah.. I nearly stopped listening, but pushed on because I was on a road trip. Well, what can I say! It turned out to be fantastic.. So push through and enjoy!!!

A Psychological Thriller

What did you love best about Gone Girl?

The suspense and the fact that initially it was difficult to determine which one was lying.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gone Girl?

When you realise that he is the good guy

Have you listened to any of Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Never

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely!!!

Any additional comments?

I would have preferred a better ending

Get Gone Girl soon!

Remember the film, War of the Roses with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas? Well, this is along similar lines but there are less physical thrills and far more psychological ones which makes for a better read whereas the former, perhaps, makes for more excitable viewing. I found it pretty impossible to "put this book down." It went everywhere with me while I completed my daily tasks and then again late into the night. I had finished it within 3 days but unlike other books I don't want to read another immediately as I would like to 'soak' this book up for a while and think about it. It is very well written and contains some complex ideas which are described in metaphoric symbolism and therefore made easier to understand. I am looking forward to Gillian Flynn writing another excellent book. Very highly recommended.