Books like girl on the train, 10 subscription boxes for canadian book lovers and 8 subscription boxes for book lovers. Most seem to agree, however, that david finchers movie is an effective, noirish adaptation thats equal parts entertaining and complicated. If you follow each character through the movie, youll realize that each one of them is hiding their true personality. At the same time, gone girl seemed like one of those experiences to which the cultural uncertainty principle applies. Men dont like books about women and women dont like books about characters that you cant root for, arent. There was no explanation for some of nicks comments like feeling awful because he tried to kiss her shoulder while she was asleep. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast.
She is the source of inspiration for her parents amazing amy book series. Forgotten books, a young spanish boy finds a book called the shadow of the. I liked the idea of marriage told as a hesaid, shesaid story, and told by two narrators who were perhaps not to be trusted. Kingsolvers poisonwood bible is narrated by the five women who make up the price family.
Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. Gone girl novel gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. Their voices are unique and wholly imagined, and, as in gone girl. The second book like gone girl that i would suggest reading is the french girl by lexie elliot. Cool girl monologue book the famous speech from gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl flynn adapted this monologue for the 2014 movie version of her book. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkinss pageturner the girl on the trainand vice versa. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. Gone is a bestselling book series written by michael grant. Earlier this year, many fans of gillian flynns 2012 thriller gone girl were dismayed to learn that the author had changed the storys ending for the film adaptation. But, if youre still itching for more stories like gone girl, theres a handful of novels here that will do the trick, and theres always flynns two other novels. Its just that there are so many stories to choose from, which you already know if you, like millions of other readers, rapidly inhaled novels like gone girl and the girl on the train over the last few years. And, after that vacation things never remained the same. It is a story of a girl, kate, who had spent the most haunting summer vacation on a french farmhouse. The story begins with a woman named amber who has undergone a.
It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Ive deducted one star because a i found amys character confusing up to the point where she reveals her true self. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. A girl like that begins at the end of the story, with the death of 16yearold zarin and her 18yearold friend porus on the alharameen expressway in jeddah, saudi arabia. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girl s titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. Its about very flawed people, who do terrible things. I love that it just ends with, you know, hey, the devils in the.
This great series is centered on the fictional southern californian town of perdido beach, in which every human aged 15 and older vanishes. But one of my favorite things about gone girl is how fluently it shifts from amy to nicks perspective, and how flynn nails the nuances of their thoughts. Gillian flynn reflects on the popularity and legacy of her 2012 novel gone girl. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. Gone girl by gillian flynn the girl on the train by paula hawkins sharp. Her other two books were about people incapable of making commitments, but in this novel, she tried to depict the ultimate commitment, marriage. If it will focus on the dunnes teen child it makes sense to let affleck and pike age a little, but the big question mark is david finchers involvement. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Almost a year has passed since gone girl swept into theaters to dismantle the myth of sunny suburban marriage on the big screen, but our insatiable desire for the next big twist has far from faded. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked. Even as gone girl grows truly twisted and wild, it says smart things about how tenuous power relations are between men and women, and how often couples.
From topping the new york times bestseller list to becoming a box office hit, it is clear that audiences everywhere were entranced by gillian flynns gone girl. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the train, and big little lies. I wallowed in bed, which was our new york bed in our new house, which we still called the new house, even though wed been back here for two years. For the conclusion of gone girl, flynn drew from rosemarys baby. The author makes you love some characters and want to kill others. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details.
If you like gone girl or even if like me you dont and want a similar thriller genre tana french has written five books that are great. I normally do not care for fiction, however, this is the most recent selection of my book club. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. It wont take too long to fly through the telling of the strange disappearance of amy dunne. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until. Ever since that summer ive been searching for another lifeconsuming whirlwind read like gone girl, and i have yet to find anything that measures up. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. Your burning gone girl questions, answered huffpost. Gillian flynn reflects on gone girl legacy, rise of anti. Like she did withgone girl, reese witherspoon has also signed on to produce a bigscreen version of this cantputitdown novel, written by former cosmo editor. In this way, gone girl serves to scrutinize our modernday, sensationalistic mediaa theme that no one, even those like mary gaitskill who shy away from popculture, can get away from.
Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. For the people who find their best friend in books, this is a must that they go through books like gone girl at least once in their life. Heres a look at some books like gone girl thatll hook you instantly. Every book thats been called the new gone girl stylecaster. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Gone girl was one of my favorite books of 2012 because of the writing and how it grabbed me. This is so rare to discover the excellent pieces of literature like these books which are a rare combination of suspense and drama. I live in california, and, like that long ago evening with burton and taylor, it was a warm day but i was cold, and my mouth tasted metallic, as if id bitten down on a bit of foil in a piece of wrigleys. The girl on the train by paula hawkins is a surprise hit debut thriller thats gathering gone girl type of buzz.
I read it at the beach, i read it while eating a salad at work, i read it past my bedtime. Like every person i knew during the summer of 2012, i read gone girl as if my life depended on it. Gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. The shining girls is definitely been widely accepted as the book of the summer and the book most like gone girl. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list.
The true story of two sisters who vanished, the father who kept searching, and the adults who conspired to keep the truth hidden by michael brodkorb and allison mann oct 23, 2018. Each book follows a new protagonist who was a supporting character in the previous novel, plus its set in dublin. Several hours into the audible version of gillian flynns gone girl, i thought, what the hell am i listening to. Whether we like it or not, we know who nancy grace is, we know about scott and lacey peterson or george zimmerman, or hell, even paula deen. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. After giving it some thought, ive come up with this. The news reporter spoke against nick until the public opinion supported hi. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian. Gone girl is a hall of mirrors where everything is an empty reflection, including the people who live there.
The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. The town and surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable energy barrier, with many of its inhabitants developing supernatural powers. No one, it seems, is surprised that zarin known as a reckless and rebellious girl had her life end in a tragic car accident. Its a rented house right along the mississippi river, a house that screams suburban nouveau riche, the kind of place i aspired to as a kid from my splitlevel, shagcarpet side of town. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks to emma brockes about her leap to. The original gone girl was a big success and key cast and crew are interested, so gone girl 2 is a possibility. Like she did with gone girl, reese witherspoon has also signed on to produce a bigscreen version of this cantputitdown novel. You might also like 30 books you should read in 2019. If youre the rare person who has read the girl on the train but not gone girl, we need you to pull over immediately. That makes it sound like a postmodern exercise in the deconstruction of subjectivity or. The ten books that just might rival flynns chilling tale. Gone girl begins as a whodunit, but by the end it will have you wondering.