Gone girl i wanted to read this book because i wanted to watch the movie. The ending was more or less in line with what i would have expected. The first part of the novel centers on nick dunne and his wife amys marriage. Thats a fair nonspoilerish description of gone girl, based on the 2012 book of the same name written by gillian flynn. Anyway, im curious as to how other people felt about the ending and what it possibly entails. There wasnt that much difference between the novel and the movie.
Though the middle of the book moved along at the speed of a freight train, the final chapters seemed to lose steam, concluding the novel with a tragic, almost epiloguelike ending. If you dont want to know what happens in either film or book. The first half of the book was great, she built up the suspense masterfully. Gillian flynn on a warm summer morning in north carthage, missouri, it is nick and amys fifth wedding anniversary. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. The book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. Well i read the book and i had a hard time finding the difference between the book s ending and the movies ending. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. In its opening moments, gone girl sums up the specific anxiety underlying the noir vision of marriage. This book was so close to a fivestar rating but then the ending appeared.
I really enjoyed the whole book, but the ending just had me in disbelief. But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty. Apr 22, 2014 gone girl is a fastpaced, always surprising pageturner of a bookgone girl is a superbly crafted novel by a talented and daring young writer and it will keep you guessing until the very last sentence. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. Usually, when hollywood decides to change the ending of a bestselling novel for the benefit of its film adaptation, the news is met with outrage. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girls titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. Oct 03, 2014 if you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager to see what really happened when david fincher. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Featured content includes commentary on major characters. Gone girl movie ending compared to book popsugar celebrity.
The investigators find amys first treasure hunt clue, which is an anniversary tradition, and insist on going with him in case the clues will shed some light into amys recent whereabouts. Adding to his list of successful book tomovie adaptations fight club and the girl with the dragon tattoo, among others, gone girl presents another uncompromising vision from the fanfavorite filmmaker one that should please fans of the. The movie would have a new ending, one where spoilers. I love the end of notes on a scandal, also a book i love. Amy knows that the last thing nick will do is abandon his child after his own disastrous childhood, and she uses this to get what she wants. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. Brunda i just finished this book and honestly my first reaction to the ending was to flip the next page and double check if i skipped a chapter. 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 girl reading guide a readers guide for gone girl by gillian flynn for additional features, visit in order to provide reading groups with the most informed and thoughtprovoking questions possible, it is necessary to reveal important aspects of the plot of this novel. Amy elliottdunne rosamund pike wound up pregnant in the gone girl s final moments, considering she. During the preparation process for a standard anniversary which includes the wrapping of presents and creation of reservations.
Boy meets girl, girl is a secret sociopath, girl fakes her own death, and. In the movie gone girl, why does ben afflecks sister say. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. She really did imagine, that they were a team against the world and i. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one that would have worked. On a warm summer morning in north carthage, missouri, it is nick and amy dunnes fifth wedding anniversary.
Oct 06, 2014 yes, this is about to be filled with spoilers some people are puzzled as to how one mrs. Detective boney had a hunch, from the beginning, that nick was innocent. Its also a film about a psychopath who turns an ordinary life into chaos. Oct 06, 2014 the differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule.
The true story of two sisters who vanished, the father who kept searching, and the. I could sense it each time, the situation got intense. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. On wednesday, the new york times published an interview with ben affleck, who plays nick dunne in the highly anticipated david fincher adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel. An epic build up over seven books and the ending was equivalent to a. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending.
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 s ending is different from the book in these specific ways. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. If the fifth anniversary gift is wood, it must be a woodshed which is also where you take someone who needs to be. Oct 06, 2014 obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. This 43page guide for gone girl by gillian flynn includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 3 parts, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis.
The ending of the book or from amys disappearance on seem like the author just lost her focus. The book had its moments and a great twist in the middle. Its strongly hinted that things arent going to go back to normal after the ending. Maybe thats what fincher meant when he said the ending was changed. 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. Amy nips nicks plans to reveal the truth about her in the bud with news that shes pregnant. Here are three endings that are more plausible than the one that we saw. Gone girl s toxic mix of sharpedged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nervefraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. Gone girl revamps gender stereotypes for the worse. Nick and amy hate and love each other like most couples, but more important.
Adapted from a bestselling novel by gillian flynn, who wrote. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. Millions of you flocked to gone girl over the weekend, and you saw finchers ending. I have only seen the movie and read the synopsis of the book on the wikipedia page, the only subtle difference i see from the ending of that to the movie is that in the movie nick decides to leave amy when she reveals to him that she killed desi but decides against it when he hears she is pregnant but in the book its shown he was ready to write a memoir detailing the truth of amys abduction. From beginning to end, gone girl is a spellbinding, cutthroat page turner. I started with gone girl because it was being released as a movie and promptly read the other two. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. Oct 08, 2014 pretty much everyone myself included took this to mean gone girl. Earthling cinema s3 e16 hidden meaning in gone girl earthling cinema duration. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these.
The main character, amy, is just way too methodical to make such a mistake like getting robbed. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. The book starts with the celebration of nick dunne and amy dunnes wedding anniversary, notably their 5th one. I was enthralled by gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl, but, like so many readers of the marital mystery, i was lessthanpleased with the. When amy rosamund pike says, of her plot against her husband, nick. David fincher directs gone girl, which is closely based on the 2012 bestselling novel from author gillian flynn who also wrote the films screenplay. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. The book should have ended much sooner, instead i was left with an extremely disappointing ending. Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they. 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. Cincinnati city beat, john kelly a highly original thriller thats also a razorsharp depiction of a relationship gone off the. Aug 23, 2017 the book gone girl written by gillian flynn begins in north carthage, missouri. 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.
At the end of the novel, beau is missing, and one of the cousins comes home covered in blood and mud. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel closely. Gone girl is one of the best and most frightening portraits of psychopathy ive ever read. Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially. And gillian flynn rewrote the end so its different from the book. Oct 08, 2014 the book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. Let me tell you, i cant remember the last time i read through an entire novel so rapidly. 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. I found myself not even caring what happened to the characters after a while, i kept reading expecting it to.
Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. The movie is a commentary on the roles we all play to function in society, that image that we create for ourselves that determines how we will be treated by the community. The biggest differences between the gone girl movie and the book. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis.
Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly. Nick and amy manipulate each other with savage, merciless and often darkly witty dexterity. Major spoilers on the gone girl film adaptation and book ahead. Presents are being wrapped and reservations made when nicks clever and beautiful wife disappears. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. If youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of. Whereas in the book there are some changes from that of the movie. Lets discuss that twisted ending justin theroux, left, and emily blunt appear in a scene from, the girl on the train. When i saw the movie, i was really impressed with the acting.
Gone girl by gillian flynn was one of the big suspense novels of 2012. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these specific ways. A recent profile of star ben affleck briefly delves into the nature of director david finchers gone girl movie ending, potentially clarifying rumors. Jan 16, 2014 ben affleck in gone girl 20th century fox ending gone girl differently. Sep 28, 2017 gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. Oct 03, 2014 there are many spoilers in gone girl book to movie comparison. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. 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. Dark, vicious, morbidly funny and utterly brilliant, gone girl is an absolute mustread. Amys crimes do not go unpunished, and where the accused husband nick does not choose to stay blissfully married to his calculating, murderous, psychohosebeast wife as opposed to, say, murdering her, or committing. The movie stays pretty true to the book, although some characters. Jan 23, 2015 same as that of the movie the writer gillian flynn has a strong liking for such endings. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title.
Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. Firstly let me explain why gone girl only received four stars. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. If you dont want to know what happens in either film or book, stop reading now. Pdf gone girl by gillian flynn book download online. Nick comes home from the bar that he owns with his twin sister margo to find that his wife has gone missing. 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. Really, the only difference is that instead of both of them writing their memoirs so to speak. Spoilers ahead first, the death of desi collingsin the book i. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. The false note struck by the gone girl ending doesnt ruin everything that came before, but a more satisfying ending would have made the experience so much better.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. The dangers of alternate last acts gillian flynn is overhauling her twisty, bestselling thriller for the screen. Gone girl movie ending may cut closer to the book than. Desis mothers signature scent makes me wrinkle my nose in disgust still. She was the coolest girl aroundfunny, fabulously wealthy, and feminine, all while still being one of the boys.
Nick may not have gone to prison, but hes in a prison of a different kind nonetheless. For me, the entire book had a dreamlike feel to it, so i dont think it was surprising to have an ending that defied logic or expectations. David finchers movie of gillian flynns bestseller is released this weekend. Gone girl introduction once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named amy, who was practically perfect in every way, just like mary poppins. The crime scenes scene 3 gone girl behind the crimes scene 1 amys clue says that the location of the gift is where you store goodies for anniversary five. With less than a month to go until gone girl hits theaters, clues about the movies ending are piling up like those amy dunne leaves for her husband, nick. Many fans, including myself, were disappointed by the gone girls conclusion. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. The movie, which i saw on opening night last week, is also excellent. What actually happens at the climax of gone girl, and how. May 19, 2012 gone girl switches between nicks narrative, as the hunt for the beautiful, blond amy consumes the attention of americas media, and amys diary, as she writes about the early days of their.