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No, it isn't a romance. You can read about it here:Hadiqa wrote:Is this a Romance book? I did read the plot on Goodreads and I am kinda confused if I should read it or not and what it is actually about
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Thanks for the link!gali wrote:No, it isn't a romance. You can read about it here:Hadiqa wrote:Is this a Romance book? I did read the plot on Goodreads and I am kinda confused if I should read it or not and what it is actually about
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You aren't the only one who didn't like them...3chicnP wrote:I like how you say "may contain spoilers." It's pretty obvious that it WILL have spoilers. I don't know what's wrong with me but I didn't like any of the characters..
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Amy - Her patience absolutely left me awestruck. Knowing her husband was cheating the entire time, and yet she didn't have an outburst. She played it out really, really well in order to gain pleasure for herself - framing her husband for murder while she sits and watches him get the blame and head for death row. Then her history: framing her ex for rape, framing her best friend for being obsessive with her, all because they knew her flaws and didn't think her Amazing.
Nick - having his despised dad's thoughts running around in his own head, subconsciously hating women. Getting back with Amy after all is said and done, not because he loves or forgives her but because he knows they're made for each other.
Andie- the insecure little girl. Using her body for attention, needing Nick all the time. Wanting to hear stories about her lover's wife, as if she's some kind of celebrity idol to her. Knowing deep down she'll never be Amy, or Nick's wife, but still lingers around.
Desi - obsessed and crazed over Amy. Already had the room and greenhouse ready for her for who knows how long. Wanting to mold her into the girl HE wanted, as if she were a plastic doll. Always needing reassurance that she needed him (for that while), needing to hear Amy say thank you over and over again. It's almost safe to assume if she would've stayed there with him, she WOULD have ended up dead in the river.
And finally, Amy's parents - the two psychologists who overlooked they're own psychotic daughter. Were they in denial or were they just too self-centred with each other and their fictional daughter on paper that made them rich. Not tending to their only child's needs and failing as parents.
Flynn did a remarkable job with this novel and creating a world full of mentally deranged people. I give it 4/4 stars.
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As I just posted on "Overall Rating of Gone Girl," I think the book basically takes a very dim view of human nature. Which makes it misanthropic - very very realistic, but ultimately, depressing, because no one in it manages to rise above human nature. Sort of like Mark Twain's writing, but less funny.
Like most people on this thread, I didn't particularly like either Nick or Amy. But I could relate to both of them.
Nick is not crazy or evil, he's just a very weak person. Life with his horrible Dad gave him no positive example of masculinity to strengthen him, just an ingrained caution of putting a foot wrong. (Anyone know anybody like that?) Harsh Dads make weak sons, especially if the son's natural temperament is people-pleasing.
We know Nick has good intentions. I love him for the fact that he has a soft spot for women who are "hard on the eyes."
Can anyone else relate to the fact that Nick's childhood left him unable to project the more tender emotions on his face, even if he is feeling them inside? That feeling of "I know I look like a jerk, I really do care, but I just can't control my face"? I have experienced this problem, but I have never seen it described in a novel before.
In addition to weakness, Nick is cursed with good looks. So, he falls for his mistress (- yeah, I forget her name too. Brittany?). He didn't go out looking for her, but he's a sad, lonely people-pleaser, and when she comes on to him, he hasn't the strength to say No. (Know anyone like that?)
Now Amy. Yes, she's evil. But the things that set her off are things that bother many wives. It's just that Amy is smarter, more "disciplined," and has no conscience to check her lust to be worshiped. Most of us have these dark desires, but by common grace, we also have something in us that puts the brakes on.
For example, could anyone else relate to Amy's rant about "Cool Girls"?
Any other wives ever wanted to be understood really, really well? Better than we have a right to expect?
Or to be the center of attention?
Imagine that you were as good looking, smart, and talented as Amy. Wouldn't you love to have a whole bunch of people get together and say so? And call you a saint? Just sayin'.
I did like Margo. Yes, maybe she shoulda done this or that, but remember the situation she's put in. I doubt I would have done any better.
I loved detective Boney. She was smart and kind. But true to the realism of the story, she just didn't have enough authority, facts, or leverage to stop Amy's evil. Besides, by the time she figured it out, it was kind of a done deed.
Desi was just creepy.
I didn't even hate Amy's parents. They were kind. They were just very shortsighted about the fact that worshiping their daughter would create a narcissist. Or that it had. Guess their worship of her blinded them to that. I know they sort of "exploited" her with the books. Come to think of it, that also shows how whenever we worship someone as if they were God, we end up seriously wronging and perhaps destroying that person.
OK, this has been a major rant. Sorry about that. I read this book AFTER October (not available in the library before then), and then it took me a while to find this topic, but I have been itching to talk about these characters with y'all.
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I really liked Amy. I know she is psychotic and completely unhinged, but I do feel for her because she a complete product of her upbringing and society. Her parents want her to be perfect, and she is completely right that society demands girls be "cool girls". She loves Nick, but when she begins to act like herself, he grows distant and cold. She does everything he wants, and he still cheats on her and does not appreciate her.
I wish the ending would have been that Nick's reputation is ruined, and he lives a miserable life, but sadly Amy couldn't abandon Nick.
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