There are a few movies I have watched with my guy, Jon, over the years that were so strange and disturbing that after watching we would look at each other and just know we both felt seriously screwed up after what we saw. Its so hard to even put into words, it's this devastating wrongness, like such a complex brilliantly scary thing should not exist in this world. These movies are forever etched in my brain now, remembered for their "wrongness", their brilliant and unnerving quality that just left me feeling strange afterwards, Young Adult, God Bless America and most recently Seven Psychopaths. After watching something that has me spooked I crave my safe place, which involves a movie of the Disney persuasion. It's what I do when things freak me out, because its happy, safe and there is always singing! Lol Aladdin is still one of my favorites. After reading Gone Girl I feel a little like it could be Aladdin time. I feel slimy and WRONG after reading this book. It's scary and brilliant. It's true scary though, not the gory blood soaked scary, this is the psychological no hope for the future because this person is a brilliant genius that wants to make you hurt, kind of scary. Gillian Flynn knows how to write some seriously disturbed characters. I have now read 3 of her books and each one sang the tune of a superbly fucked up individual. She does this so well, they are so layered and life like, that's the scariest part!! It's sick and I like it! I enjoy reading about these deranged people, I don't know what that says about me but at least I admit it!!


The first half of the book was pretty slow paced and maybe not the most thrilling. It was a lot of set up for the second half of the book, which was a real page turner. Seriously, I want to say that right around 50% exactly was when this book grabbed a hold of me and wouldn't let go until the very end. The end was quite perfect too. I love that Gillian Flynn never feels the need to wrap things up in a pretty bow like a lot of other stories. She never wavers from her character's basic truths, and I think that's just great. That's not to say that there wasn't character growth or any of that jazz, there was, but I like that growth doesn't always necessarily mean better. It's just evolution, not everything evolves into the prettiest version of themselves and there is something real and great about the way Gillian Flynn captures that. I enjoyed this book just like each of the Gillian Flynn novels I read before this. I look forward to what else she comes out with in the future.


****** Just a side note: I find it rather funny to have finished this book on Valentine's Day, of all days. **********