Gone Girl by
Gillian Flynn is a thriller, if not a murder mystery. The story opens with a
couple’s fifth wedding anniversary. Things go awry and the wife disappears with
no particular clue left behind. Husband is not only clueless but also
ill-informed. Their marriage was starting to fall apart already but he didn't want
to see his wife gone.
The police investigation commences but to no avail.
The husband thinks he needs to do something and starts doing the investigation
on his own. The girl’s parents also start to worry, their only child went
missing. From childhood to high school, from neighbors to in-laws everyone is
questioned and investigated and yet no one has any clue. Now the finger gets
pointed at the husband because now he's the only one who could have done all
this! But the girl’s parents keep faith in him. There is media that frames a
different picture of the whole scene. The girl is one of the famous one on whom
the book series is written, thus what everyone wonders about her.
There are
diary entries that expose a different picture. There are simultaneously two
stories running. One that goes post the girl goes missing, from the way things
come falling over the husband and another are diary entries in which Amy
describes how she lived each day with a hope that she will save her marriage.
The diary entries feel so heart touching, the struggle of a woman who doesn't
want her marriage to slip out of her hand. Yet there is this husband who gives
her new challenges every time. Sometimes she breaks, sometimes she stands
strong. And suddenly there are revelations about revenge seekers. Extramarital
affairs and vengeance is ought to be sought.
People are
being used. Past patterns are developed and disclose a different picture from
what was shown till now. And there are new twists and turns, murders,
betrayals, wrecking truths, and of course cruel intentions revealed.
Whether Amy
will return or not? Is she alive? Who kidnapped her? Or is she murdered? If
yes, then by whom? Or is it all framed up and planned this way? Definitely, the
book will keep you awake till you reach the last page. It is a treat for
thriller lovers. New surprises await at every nook and corner.
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