This book is better than girl on the train and gone girl by far. Gone girl quotes by gillian flynnpage 5 of 30 goodreads. Sorry for the essay, i just have a lot of thoughts about gone girl lol. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. This quote reveals one of the paradoxes at the heart of the novel. Clarice starling was a well thoughtout, complicated, strong female character only to have that go to hell in a handbasket at the end. Amys story could have gone a million other ways, but she met me, and bad. Its a real intelligent page turner that once started gillian flynns book gone girl is one of the best novels that i have read in years. Gone girl is, in some ways, a murder mystery, but its also. Gone girl by gillian flynn based on the novel by gillian flynn yellow revised927 pink revised915 blue script 829 white script730. Ok, so, the ending of the movie isnt as different from the ending of the book, as wed been led to believe. The first half of the book was great, she built up the suspense masterfully.
To be totally honest, this may not be the best thing for the movie. And i disliked the cool girl rant, it felt too much like it was coming from the author, although i agreed with what the message. Its strongly hinted that things arent going to go back to normal after the ending. Oct 05, 2014 i was captivated with amy dunne as a movie character, but i hated her as a book character. Close to the end of the book, words again become weapons when amy and nick start writing dueling memoirs, each accusing the other of being the bad guy as. The novel soon made the new york times best seller list. Gone girl s ending is different from the book in these specific ways.
I felt like she took us allll the way to the top of the building but didnt jump. Gillian flynn reflects on gone girl legacy, rise of anti. Others see her as, by the end, a cartoon, living down to every silly idea. Why gone girls 2,000 plot twists dont matter filmtv. Its also a film about a psychopath who turns an ordinary life into chaos. I liked the book but the ending was utter shite and i truly expected ever so much more. When the credits came up on gone girl, i could only regret spending over 2 hrs to watch a movie that left me that angry. Chief among them is a worldclass performance by rosamund pike, who plays the. The book was absolutely fantastic until the last thirty or so pages. Ive gotten so retro, at one point i will probably use the word pocketbook, shuffling out. It requires discipline, to drown oneself, but i have. Assuming the book had the same ending i would have thrown it across the room upon finishing it. I just finished gone girl and i am so ridiculously disappointed in the ending. If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate this is a discussion about the ending of gone girl the movie.
But that plot line is completely cut out of the movie. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. Being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like shes hosting the worlds biggest culinary gang bang while. David finchers movie of gillian flynns bestseller is released this weekend. Cause in real life, sometimes our endings are unhappy and ugly. So no, gone girl isnt any more antimen than any other david fincher film, or any more antiwoman than any film noir. Go ahead, shit on me, i dont mind, im the cool girl. I feel like that blonde girl with tom from vanderpump rules is the epitome of a cool girl. Ben affleck was spared from uttering the many internal stupid bitch. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Gone girl was gone from my home within an hour of my finishing it. The events fall into line grasping the audiences attention right from the beginning till the end.
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Then earlier this year, in an interview with ew about the movie adaptation. Gone girl provides examples of the following tropes abusive parents nicks dad was a raging misogynist, and while he never hit go or nick, or their mother, its clear his parenting caused issues for both of them later in life. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. If youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of. It implies that he is not as stupid and gullible as amy thinks, and that she. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl david finchers film, based on gillian flynns novel, doesnt so much bring the cool girl polemic to the masses as dilute its scathing. Psychological thriller directed by david fincher, based on the novel by gillian flynn who. According to author gillian flynn, that rumor began with a ben affleck.
An epic build up over seven books and the ending was equivalent to a story ending with the line. This book was so close to a fivestar rating but then the ending appeared. Maybe theyre fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel. The film adaptation of gone girl hews pretty closely to the book s narrative.
Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. I would have preferred she had just killed ben affleck and gotten away with it. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. Directed by david fincher novel by gillian flynn log line. Gone girl 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. All in all, as david fincher mentioned, the meat of flynn s original ending is all there on screen, and the promised changes were nothing more than red herrings meant to throw us off the trail of gone girl as it inched toward theaters. What are your thoughts on gone girl by gillian flynn. And yes, despite rumors to the contrary, the film does having the same ending as the novel. Differences between the book and the movie posted on 5 august 12 by gwenamon just in case you glossed over the title of this post, you should know that it gives away the story. The book was described as an eerie thriller with an ending that would surprise and shock the reader. Sep 27, 2014 gone girl is at heart a melodrama about a marriages collapse and bonkers restoration. The characters reveal their personalities and the curtains come off, leaving one shocked at the twists and turns in the plot.
Gone girl is an adaptation from the 2012 bestselling novel of the same name, written by gillian flynn. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. When i finished that novel, i literally through the book across the room in frustration. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl. We went to a dumb movie and i didnt worry about the offensive sexism or the lack of. Trippie redd official music video youtube iann dior strings ft. Jun 08, 2016 20 ya novels that will hook you from the first line. But it is antimarriage at least, in terms of how that union affects women. The end of the book is so bad that they made the opposite happen in the movie. Desis mothers signature scent makes me wrinkle my nose in disgust still. Gillian flynns book gone girl is one of the best novels that i have read in years. Gone girl is one hell of an impactfull psychological thriller. We hate to break it to you, nick, but you actually arent a real personyoure a character in a book called gone girl by gillian flynn.
Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially. Id heard so many raves about it that i was curious especially because more recently ive heard from more people that couldnt get what the. The novels suspense comes from the main character, nick dunne, and whether he is involved in the disappearance of his wife. We recently asked subscribers of the buzzfeed books. The ending many readers wanted from the book is the one where, as mischievously suggested by the films early teasers, nick sends amy to the bottom of the mississippi. Hannibal from the hannibal lecter series by thomas harris. Firstly let me explain why gone girl only received four stars. It stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as nick and amy dunne, respectively, as well as neil patrick harris. Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they. Gone girl is a nightmare of love gone cold and a relationship gone south, coupled with an elaborate revenge fantasy that both exploits and reclaims sexist images and assumptions. Gone girl is a film adaptation of gillian flynns novel of the same name, directed by david fincher and written by gillian flynn herself. The cool girl girl speech in the book sealed my dislike of amy.
The biggest differences between the gone girl movie. Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending. Which is really hard to do as the plot is tightly woven and spoilers and revelations dominate the story line. It was so frustrating but i love that the author went there. Gillian flynn reflects on the popularity and legacy of her 2012 novel gone girl. In the book, at least desis mother goes to the police, hysterical, saying that amy killed her son even though shes whisked away, theres the faint hope that maybe the case is reopened. Sep 28, 2017 gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. That happened to me too zia, i thought nick was the bad guy in the end. Contrary to reports, the gone girl movie doesnt change the books ending.
Here are all the big differences between gone girl the book. Oct 16, 2015 7 stupid endings that almost ruined classic horror movies. It has great characters, intrigue and a bold ending that would definitely not be to everyones taste. Gone girl study guide contains a biography of gillian flynn, literature essays, quiz.
To anyone who hasnt read it, gone girl by gillian flynn is easily going to be the book that reignites my love of reading after a three year hiatus. I found myself not even caring what happened to the characters after a while, i kept reading expecting it to get better, to match the first half. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. Movie plot holes explained the oscar nominee for best actress is what rosamund pike of the james bond fame earned for this role of hers. The camera my mother gave me, by girl, interrupted author susanna kaysen, is a memoir that has nothing to do with either the authors camera or. Similarly, gone girl ends with the incriminating lines that point to amy getting upset. Oct 03, 2014 gone girl, david finchers adaptation of gillian flynns knockout bestseller, has several things to recommend it. Its the female pissing contest as we swan around our book clubs and our cocktail.
Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. The lengths to which one goes for the sake of love. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. The biggest differences between the gone girl movie and the book. Now that weve gotten that out of the way, theres a real sadness to nicks view of his reality. Gone girl quotes by gillian flynnpage 9 of 30 goodreads.