Very good plot and interesting layout in the book. The in-text images are very engaging. 10/10. Got turned into a netflix show but I have not watched that yet!
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I love a good boarding school murder! Very fun page turner that’s smarter than it needs to be, just ignore the one annoying gimmick running through it (you’ll know what I mean). This one helped me bounce back into reading since I truly could not put it down and kept thinking about it when I wasn’t reading it.
Jul 7, 2024
Both the Gillian Flynn book and the tv show with Amy Adams. I watched the show first and was absolutely entranced. Then I read the book, and even though I knew the ending I couldn’t put it down.
“It follows Camille Preaker (portrayed by Adams), an emotionally troubled reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls.”
May 29, 2024
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I'm ridiculously behind and everyone has probably already read it. But I finished Gone Girl a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. The suspense, dual unreliable narrators, and strange intimacy you sense between them...phenomenal. You start by thinking Nick (the husband) doesn't know his wife at all and that he has just projected all his self-loathing onto her. Then you realize he wasn't entirely wrong and you didn't know Amy either. You don't know them but you do. They don't know each other but they do they do they do. The titular theme that you can never really know someone (yet you also can) summarized in these lines from the first page:
What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have ... What have we done to each other? What will we do?
*funny note 1: this was my 3rd attempt at reading Gone Girl over the past 4 years. every time i tried to read it i could never get to Amy's part because i just haaaaatedddd Nick so much i couldn't bear to be in his head any longer.
*funny note 2: my boyfriend was extra cautious around me and even a little anxious while i was reading LMAO
*sidenote: the movie was fine. i thought the pacing was a little fast, but understandable. what i didn't like was you didn't see any of Nick's internal monologue, so he just seems like a regular bum kind of a dick. when really he's like a huge piece of shit.
Jan 26, 2024
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I don't think we realize how important nicknames are to our society. When I was a wee lad I thought my name was un-nickname-able and my hopes and spirits were crushed. Years later I have earned a nickname so well that it has replaced my actual name. I think everyone deserves to feel the joy of having a nickname. The community and bonding attached to giving and receiving a nickname is unmatched. Truly a life altering experience.
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Cup cozies are the most underrated tool man has created. Not only does it prevent leaving behind condensation rings on desks and other surfaces, but keeps your hands warm while you drink a iced chai latte in below 20 degree weather? Sign me up! My cozy is handmade which makes it even more special, but I bet your cozy will have a great personality.
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