Author: Gillian Flynn
Pages: 415
Format: Paperback
Published: May 24, 2012
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Date Completed: June 20, 2025
My rating: 
Thoughts
I’m a pretty big fan of David Fincher films and his adaptation of Gone Girl is one of my favorites. But for some reason, it has taken me years to finally get around to reading the book. And wow – am I glad I did!!
Without giving away anything that’s not on the back cover, the story follows Nick Dunne after his wife mysteriously disappears, possibly murdered. Possibly by Nick himself. Through diary entries, we also get to know his wife of five years, Amy, and her view of their marriage. The alternating chapters between Nick and Amy do a really good job of keeping the mystery and suspense throughout the book.
Even though I have seen the film adaptation, it’s been years since I’ve seen it so I really only knew one thing for sure; which I won’t say here to keep this spoiler free. Gillian Flynn did a great job of keeping the mystery with red herrings, some misdirection, and lots of smoke and mirrors. It’s one of those books that makes you go, “Okay, just one more chapter. You know what? I can get one more chapter in. Ooh, the next one is short – I’ll just read one more.”
And if you’re reading along or just listing to the audiobook by itself, they had Nick and Amy’s chapters read by different narrators, which really added to the audio production.
Overall, this is a solid 5 out of 5 stars. Although I wasn’t a huge fan of how it ended, I’m not actually sure what would have been a satisfying ending in a story as crazy as this one. I think I may need to pick up another Flynn book or two.
