Wow. This book ruled my life for a solid 24 hours. I hesitate to say I couldn't put it down because it's such a cliche. But I really couldn't. I read it in the car on the way to the dentist. I read it in Burger King for 10 minutes. I stayed up late to get further. Truly: I could not put this book down.

I also hesitated to read this book at all because of the massive hype it was getting from hoi polloi.

I really enjoyed seeing the story take a strange and unexpected fork. And wondering if another fork was coming.

The character development was good--Flynn is creepily accurate at getting inside a crazy person's head. It was ballet; watching one person unravel and re assimilate while another stitches up the perfect crime. A student of the Palahnuik novels, I kept making the most absurd reaches, trying to figure it out. At the end, I was sated in the story and reeling with some surprise. It was reminiscent of two great films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Clockwork Orange.

Big fan. Who knew, Gillian Flynn? Masterful storyteller (hopefully this is all fiction, right?).