The Works of Gillian Flynn

[groovethang]

Finally made it in here. I agree, Yoss, about the grifters robbing her. I was surprised she'd let that happen.

I have a question about something from the chapter Nick Dunne - Six Days Gone. There's a paragraph with one sentence that simply says "From the front of dozens of Find Amy T-shirts, my wife studied me."

I couldn't for the life of me figure out what that meant. It was before we knew that Amy was still alive so at first I thought maybe she was in the crowd. But as I read on, it didn't seem as if that was the case. Anyone else catch that?

[Baby Fish Mouth]

I think it just meant that Amy's photo was on every t-shirt in the crowd, and he felt like all her faces were staring at him.

[chonies]

Aug 15, 2012 10:08:15 GMT -4 Baby Fish Mouth said:

I think it just meant that Amy's photo was on every t-shirt in the crowd, and he felt like all her faces were staring at him.

That's how I read it, too.

[canuckcutie]

I must admit that I was rooting for Amy to get away with her crimes. I mean with those f**d up parents what did you expect? I did like how it was revealed how Amy had actually been the instigator in the events with the school friend and the ex bf she framed for rape. I almost had up admire the way she systematically punished those who turned against her.

[groovethang]

Aug 15, 2012 10:08:15 GMT -4 Baby Fish Mouth said:

I think it just meant that Amy's photo was on every t-shirt in the crowd, and he felt like all her faces were staring at him.

That makes sense. I feel stupid for not picking up on that; I think I was looking for it to be Amy herself watching him and missed the obvious. Thanks!

[groovethang]

Sorry for the double post, just wanted to link this article:

Behind the Bestseller: Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl

[chonies]

Interesting article! I love it when artists are happy with their success, and I also enjoyed her honesty about how draining the process was, and how long it took.

Now that I've finished, I liked Gone Girl enough, but the narrative build up didn't have the right kind of pay off for me. I thought her writing was very atmospheric and the characters were fairly interesting. I wish there was more about Rand--he seemed like a loose cannon, and he was built up a bit, but without the kind of backstory I wanted. The "shark smile" comment made me think there was going to be more. I gave it three stars on Good Reads.

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Aug 20, 2012 12:21:01 GMT -4 chonies said:

Interesting article! I love it when artists are happy with their success, and I also enjoyed her honesty about how draining the process was, and how long it took.

Now that I've finished, I liked Gone Girl enough, but the narrative build up didn't have the right kind of pay off for me. I thought her writing was very atmospheric and the characters were fairly interesting. I wish there was more about Rand--he seemed like a loose cannon, and he was built up a bit, but without the kind of backstory I wanted. The "shark smile" comment made me think there was going to be more. I gave it three stars on Good Reads.

That is interesting. I didn't find that with Gone Girl but I had that same issue with her first two books, Sharp Objects and Dark Places. Like Gone Girl they both had kind of flashy premises but then they had really good characterization and atmosphere until the mystery eventually overwhelmed the story. Especially with Dark Places which had an overly complicated mystery. I liked Gone Girl better because when the twist was revealed there was still half a book left. It was not so much a whodunnit it but how dunnit which I always find more fascinating. I would still recommend her earlier books. She is a talented writer and I know a lot of people actually liked Sharp Objects more.

So from that article it definitely sounds like Reese Witherspoon is playing Amy. That is a shame. I don't think she will be terrible as Amy but there are definitely better choices.

[Yossarian]

While I get that Reese plays a Type A personality very well, she doesn't seem quite elegant enough to play Amy. Amy is described as a very thin WASP. Reese is thin enough and blonde but she's more cute than icy and patrician. Physicality aside though, I think Reese could have a lot of fun with the Amy role!

I just finished Sharp Objects and I didn't love it. I thought the stuff about the cutting was interesting but the mother and sister characters seemed way over the top.

[Ladybug]

I pictured Chris Evans as Nick throughout the book.

Amy was frightening. I started suspecting the twist toward the middle of the first part because her diary was just too perfect. I hated the ending because I felt so sorry for the child. Can you imagine growing up in that situation?