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+GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn. "Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?"
I just finished reading this book for my February book club gathering and I loved all of the twists and turns Gillian Flynn devised to keep the reader's interest. There isn't anything more upsetting than a lazy author who leads a reader along a very predictable path. We get no such thing with Gone Girl. I started out loving the two main characters, then I hated Nick and loved Amy. Then by the end of the book I couldn't decide who I hated more. I would be interested to see what you think. I give this 4 out of 5 stars.
I have an alternate ending that I think is better:
SPOILER ALERT...
Amy is pregnant and goes into labor. Nick is by her side, holding her hand. And then complications set it. There's so much pain. Too much. And then there's blood. Nick is rushed out of the room. What's going on? After a wait that seems like forever, the doctor comes out and tells Nick that they did everything they could but Amy is dead. The baby, a boy, is fine. The doctor is sorry and turns away. Nick puts his head in his hands, sags to the floor and begins to laugh. "I won" he says. "I won, you bitch, I won!
