Hmm, I mean, I guess I get why this is the book everyone was talking about when it first came out--it definitely had a ton of surprising twists & turns that I did not see coming. Ultimately though, it felt gimmicky and sort of misogynistic?

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Like for starters, I don't understand having this kind of first person unreliable narrator? I mean I get that at first we're supposed to think Nick did it, sure, but who is he talking to? Why is he being so coy? At least with the diary entries, you know, I get it.

Also Amy just seems like a character created by somebody who haaates women. Like, cool, she elaborately fakes being raped to get her way?? On multiple occasions? Eugh. Also I know her parents were just supposed to be very self-absorbed or w/e but could two psychologists really never notice that they have raised a straight-up sociopath? I guess?

Also it's weird that the ending is her getting away with murder and then raising a baby with Nick forever?? I mean I get that she's so clever etc etc but like, damn, really?

Anyway, ultimately an entertaining read but kind of gross, in ways that I suspect were both intended and not intended.

Most importantly: now I can tell people I've read Gone Girl. So there.