Moxie Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) I just finished "Gone Girl". I loved it. Does anyone want to discuss? ETA a spoiler warning!! Edited August 10, 2012 by Moxie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I will once I get it from the library! LOL I went to a mystery/thriller book discussion at my local library last month and this was recommended so I think *everyone* put it on reserve before I had a chance. Have you read her other books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&NMom Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I just picked it up from Barnes and Noble because my library doesn't have it yet. I'm looking forward to diving into it. Glad to hear you loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthyfamily Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 :glare: Wish I could...but I'm number 400 and something at the library...it'll be a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I just finished the book a couple of weeks ago. The characters were so unpredictable! I have not read any of the author's other books. Are they as good as Gone Girl? Elise in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 What a great read! I saw it on Amazon and checked our library's e book collection and they had it. And, while it was out, there was no one on the waiting list. I read it in one weekend. By the time I gave it back (I returned it early), there were 5 people on the waiting list. I bet it's even longer now. I'm glad I got it early. The book was not only a well told story, it was well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I just finished "Gone Girl". I loved it. Does anyone want to discuss? I just got this off the waitlist yesterday. Going to start it tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I have not read any of the author's other books. Are they as good as Gone Girl? Elise in NC :bigear::bigear: Loved Gone Girl! Have been debating ordering one of her other books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I heard about this book on TV yesterday. I ordered it from the library but I am on a waiting list. Who knows how long I will have to wait. I ordered her other books as they were recommended on the same show but, alas, I am on a waiting list for those as well. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I keep hearing about this book. I'm 417 at the library for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Well I guess I'll be the lone dissenter, I didn't like it. The beginning and most of the middle was good but the last third of the book was terrible and way too predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Well I guess I'll be the lone dissenter, I didn't like it. The beginning and most of the middle was good but the last third of the book was terrible and way too predictable. I was just coming on here to talk about the ending. I loved it but another message board that I'm on is full of women who hated the ending. I love books that don't neatly tie it all up at the end and I don't read "feel good" books so maybe that is the difference?? They had to end up together. They were so perfectly, horribly matched. I feel bad for Go who, more or less, lost her last relative. And of course for the poor baby. Though I imagine Nick and Amy putting on a front and looking very much like her parents to outsiders and even their child. I felt dirty and disturbed when I finished reading and I think that was the point. Art doesn't always have to make you feel good; it should make you feel something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ofus Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I read Gone Girl & a couple of others by Flynn. Just returned Sharp Objects today. They were all disturbing, but nevertheless I just couldn't walk away. I'm glad it's over. I read them. I'm done. They were all very strange in a very captivating sort of way. I'm with a PP about the ending~it was crazy!! But when I thought about it later, there really was no better way to end that twisted of a story. The characters were just so flawed, it's not like they could be fixed & then wrapped up & finished off with a bow. I saw the words Judy Clock today & CRINGED inside. I will never view 'Judy' the same. Ever. It will always be a psycho word to me from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTmom Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 havent read this one yet, but read that Reese Witherspoon picked up the movie rights... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Austin Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 The premise was great (very clever, creatively handled), but I thought the execution was way over the top. I don't want to give any spoilers, so I won't say more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I was just coming on here to talk about the ending. I loved it but another message board that I'm on is full of women who hated the ending. I love books that don't neatly tie it all up at the end and I don't read "feel good" books so maybe that is the difference?? They had to end up together. They were so perfectly, horribly matched. I feel bad for Go who, more or less, lost her last relative. And of course for the poor baby. Though I imagine Nick and Amy putting on a front and looking very much like her parents to outsiders and even their child. I felt dirty and disturbed when I finished reading and I think that was the point. Art doesn't always have to make you feel good; it should make you feel something. I was just hoping for a different ending, not necessarily a happy one just different. I was actually hoping he would kill her. He was no stellar husband but I don't think he deserved a nut like her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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