Gone Girl: the book and the move
1) The book: Again, Gillian Flynn with her twists (and double twists!). However, with this book, I read too much about the book on the internet and anticipated the plot twists :(. Sharp Objects blew my mind because it was my first Gillian Flynn novel and I was thrown off by how twisted and graphic it was. Unfortunately, the hype, reviews, and experience from reading Sharp Objects really paved over the roller coaster-feel I thought I'd get from reading Gone Girl. I still enjoyed how Flynn completely warped my perception of the characters right in the middle of the book. I began the novel hating Nick for being such a deadbeat husband, oblivious and selfish, and then found myself rooting for him later when he's in such damning circumstances. Unlike Sharp Objects, where Flynn saves the major twist for the last few pages, Flynn throws a wrench to your noggin, right in the middle of the book. You're then left hating everyone and trusting no-one for the rest of the book, trying to find out not so much the "why" anymore, but the "how" (which I find unusual for mystery novels).
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| The "recipe wall" in my apt. |
2) The move: it was bittersweet, clearing out my workspace and my apartment for the summer. I had a wonderful time with the kindest co-workers and I learned waaay more about operations, I.T., and channel marketing than I could ever learn in a classroom. My very cool sister came over on the pretense of having one last sleepover, but honestly, she packed and moved the majority of my belongings for me. Thank God for sisters! I only lived in my apartment for 12 weeks, but for 12 weeks, it's where I broke the ice with my fellow interns, had sleepovers with my sisters, baked brownies for my co-workers, and cooked dinner for dear friends who I caught up with over the summer. (Also where I finally caught up on those Arrested Development episodes on Netflix!) Going and gone, I know I'll look back on my time at this apartment fondly.
You definitely end up hating everyone in Gone Girl! Although I was probably Team Nick by the end, but only just.
ReplyDeleteOhhh I read this as the book and the MOVIE. And was like "Hey, the Gone Girl movie hasn't come out yet." But I figured you had some thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteALSO, I totally wanted Nick and Amy to end up together at the end. Because they're both messed up. They are. And don't really fit with anyone else, AS HE SAYS.
Bwahahaha got you there! This would probably be a terrible movie because the diary entries really let all the horror sink in, one chapter at a time. So that's my thought on the movie.
ReplyDeleteI was ready for everything to be finally over, where he finally gets her back for everything and leaves but NOPE. Not quite the ending I had hoped for, but it really IS fitting, huh.
I was Team Nick too, because I figured that if they were going to end up together anyway, how wicked and twisted would it be if he finally outwitted Amy in some way and called the shots on their relationship going forward, right?
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