Gillian Flynn

That was a great mystery/thriller!

I'm not used to reading this genre, and I probably would've never picked it up if it wasn't for the masterful HBO series Sharp Objects. I watched the first episode and I was SO intrigued that when I saw it was based on a book, I immediately purchased and started reading it, because I was not about to WAIT to see what happened. Ain't nobody got time for that.

It was a great read, though I feel like the ending was kind of rushed past, after the "mystery" was thought to be resolved. It was so much so that when it was revealed who the true killer was, I was a bit like "wait what now?". Up until the last 10% of the book though, it's absolutely great!

I also felt like I was being tricked and not in a good way... In retrospect, it doesn't feel like I had any chance whatsoever of solving that mystery by myself. I was purposefully mislead.

However, the narrator's voice is on point and I could feel her disgust for certain foods, actions and people. I daresay this was a synesthesic experience, because I really connected with the narration of the book.

I had already enjoyed one of Flynn's short stories, but that was my first time reading a novel.… (more)

In all of the books that I've read, this one had to be the most difficult in terms of style. The story itself is good, but the way it was done was hard for readers to grasp if they don't know until halfway through the book that it's journal entries they're reading.

Writing as if it were a diary, the author takes readers on a back and forth escapade between Amy and her husband Nick as she disappears and police attempt to pin him for her disappearance. Each entry thickens the plot, but slowly. I had to resist the urge to skip certain entries, but I knew that if I did I would miss a critical part of the plot. It might make a good movie, but the book was far too difficult a read. Think about the movie "Inception."… (more)