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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
5.0

***Spoilers***

Notes I made along the way reading this masterpiece:
1. Why did I think the author was male? Was it her style of writing or simply her name? Gillian (Jillian)...
2. Amy is rare but nick is most people
3. I do not feel bad for Lance Nicholas Dunne
4. Good guys can make mistakes, but sociopaths with a lack of emotion and selflessness are another realm
5. One of the few book adaptions where the actresss hit everything on the nail shoutout to her
6. Amy is 99.999% an aquarius (I am an aquarius)
7. I wish desi was more explained cause that "Bates Motel" had a lot of damage
8. Should someone save Nick?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A lot to unpack about the female psyche. To be crazy or not we truly are capable of making change and moving mountains. My favorite character Amy and least favorite Gilpian. Polar opposites he didn't question enough to simple but at least he isnt a liar, murderer, and evil thing...right? Only 9 people will ever know the truth of Mrs.Elliott-Dunne: Nick, Go, Rohnda, Tanner and Betsy, Hilary, Desi (In the end), Tommy, Jacqueline...Maybe the future son will see it too but highly doubtful by 65%. People can be so dumb, so awful, and yet think they deserve better. I feel bad for Margot she will suffer the most. I am glad their mom passed because that case would have killed her or she would have killed amy. In a spinoff book special ending I can see Jacquline, tommy, hilary, or margot someone who knows the snake in camoflauge will murder Amy or try to. After the baby most likely. But she would never be foolish enough to let them close to her, nick, and Jr. The poor kid won't know the truth ever. Amy wouldn't let nick outlive her probably. Imagine is amy was male then that would be Jr. for the world's sake i would hope not. I did not appreciate the extent of her lies. I have never been comfortable with lying to people. Why lie was always my thoughts so I don't do it. But her mind twisted maze of logic, reasona dn self righteousness is pure Death Note vengence and Game of Thrones Queen dragon egotistical tale of absurd actions. Her parent were dead wrong in writing those books. After the successful birth of amy they should have sought couple and seperate therapy.

Questions:
Do they move back to New York?
Does the ending imply she had to punish nick once again?
How does she keep Noelle her BFF in check from driving her mad?
Will Amy sell the bar?