Here is what I did write on Good Reads about Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn:
1 of 5 stars
I actually read about half, part way into part 2 and I couldn't take anymore. The characters were trite and shallow. Just because a character admits they are stereotypical doesn't make them any less a stereotype. Aside from the insanity twist that starts part 2 (I read chapter synopsis for the rest of the book) it was predictable and there wasn't one character I liked; they were all pretty flat.
My husband mentioned hearing good things about the movie. I hope that means the movie is considerably better than the book.
I think any interest I had in seeing the movie is gone although I did hear the author rewrote the ending for the movie. See? She didn’t even like the book. ;)
After dropping the iPad on the table and screaming to the cats that I couldn’t read any more of it, I read chapter summaries I found online, wrote that review and searched for a book to get the awful taste of Gone Girl away from my reading eyes. Now, I have three paperbacks waiting to be read. I take a break every now and then to read a paperback, dyslexia be damned, because friends loan or give me books or I find a good used book sale. This means I have a small “to read” paperback collection. Oh, I also joined a book swap that will have me sending and receiving a paperback in the next couple weeks. But, but…. Alan Jacobson has a new Karen Vail book out! I bought and loaded the book on my iPad and read the first 2 chapters before bed. I had to remind myself that I was tired and that’s why I went to bed in the first place last night and to “put the book down and roll away from the nightstand.” I’ll go to bed earlier tonight!
A couple of chapters with my favorite author and Gone Girl was gone!
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Since the Red Sox are not in the post season this year, I've been doing quite a bit of reading myself. In late September I began reading Lee Childs' Jack Reacher books. There are 19 books in the series and I only have 5 more to go! Gotta hurry because there is a new Baldacci coming out in November...
Gone Girl the movie just showed up at our little one screen theater here in town for a two week engagement. I'm pretty sure I won't be going to see it however. M
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