Liam || Books 'n Beards's Reviews > Gone Girl

I don't know that we are actually human at this point; those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with TV and movies and now the internet. If we are betrayed, we know the words to say.

What an excellent book - I've known about GONE GIRL for a long time, I'm a big fan of the David Fincher film, but for some reason I've never really thought about picking up the book until an Audible 3-for-2 sale.

Really listening to this mostly enforced what a good adaption the film is - I can't think of any major details which are really lost in the translation.

A lot of the reviews of my Goodreads friends and others dwell on how hateful and distasteful the main characters are (and, indeed, almost the entire cast) - I found this to be part of the charm. It is hard to write a compellingly dislikable character, and Flynn manages to write an entire swathe of them.

Cleverly written - had I not seen the film, I think I would have been 100% on board for the mystery. As it is, I enjoyed the replay of one of my favourite stories. Excellently narrated, too, by Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan (who I know from her narration of ADDIE LA-RUE).