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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
4.0

This book was a wild ride. It thrives on suspense and deception, and any kind of spoiler would likely ruin it for someone who had never read it.

Reading through this book had me saying: what? What? WHAT?! Over and over - just a host of new levels of "oh my gosh" moments. It's a great example of unreliable narrators, as well as the complete unexpected.

The last 20 pages or so are probably the least entertaining of the entire book and the ending is a bit off-putting, but it's highly realistic of people who are co-dependent.

It is very thought provoking on the topics of sociopathy and narcissism, and how they can coexist like this. I really enjoyed it.