Unpopular Opinion: My Feelings Toward Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl"

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a professional, and this sort of "review" is not meant to hurt anybody. This is just an opinion based on feelings.

I haven't been working lately (talking about the second job here) because aside from the fact that my husband has been pretty busy with "school work" and "papers," I have also been doing some reading and Candy Crush (no judgment, please!). Oh, how I enjoyed Candy Crush missed reading!

"Gone Girl" has been sitting in my phone for a few months - three or four, I think. I learned about this book when I stumbled upon this article (I had to search it again, lol). After reading the article, I immediately searched for free downloadable ebooks online, and luckily I found Flynn's "Gone Girl." Now prior to reading the novel, I was actually trying to read Stephen King's "The Shining" because I want to clarify things floating in my hand and for some closure after watching the movie last year (talk about late reaction). Then, I kind of, I think, lost my copy of the ebook or something? So, I tried reading "Why We Broke Up," but haven't really finished the book because it's around 500 pages long. It was a fun start, though, but it's not enough to completely enamor me. So, I moved on to the next most intriguing - "Gone Girl."

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"Gone Girl" centers around the life of a married couple, who are having problems with their marriage, but they are trying to fix it. However, on the day of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Elliot disappeared, and so the story began. I can't say more because I don't want to spoil anything, but you can really expect some mind-blowing twist in the novel.

I just finished reading the book - like 15-20 minutes ago. Obviously, I have some strong feelings about the ending of the book, thus, the blogging before the day ends. Let me just say that the justice wasn't given to whom it is due. It was plain disheartening really - how things turned out. What's pissing me off is that despite everything that happened, it ended happily. Well, not happily like that, but I mean, it had the they-lived-happily-ever-after vibe, which is pretentious, really.

Don't get me wrong here. I'm not some emo who despises happy endings. In fact, I enjoy happy endings, especially if I think the main characters of the story definitely deserved it. But the ending in this novel? No. It was contrived, like Flynn tried really hard to give this story the happy ending it deserves. I don't care if the character was placed in a difficult position, but it would have been decent if the author gave a more realistic conclusion to this crazy story.

Ha! I'm pretty sure you're intrigued of this story now. I urge you to give this novel a try, and let's try to exchange notes, uhmmkay?