Gone Girl by Gillian
Flynn
Gone Girl is Flynn’s newest
novel, still only out in hardback as of this writing. I devoured the entire
book in one setting while driving across the “ Loneliest Road in America”
somewhere in Northern Nevada.
Yet again, Flynn writes a tale
that explores a mysterious crime, and in so doing, looks at some of the seedier
sides of modern culture. Yet again, an adult returns to the scene of their
childhood and gets caught up in strange and criminal doings. In this case
though, Flynn explores the notion of marriage as a trap, and provides us with a
not-particularly-believable mid-game surprise, which leads to yet another
implausible novel.
Her language is good, and her
eye for the dark and unpleasant make her interesting, but her plotting so
defies suspension of disbelief, that as mysteries, these books don’t work for
me. Gone Girl is the least impressive of her three so far.
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