Gone Girl
On their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne's wife Amy disappears, and as the investigation unfolds, dark secrets from their marriage surface, revealing that nothing is what it appears.
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On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy Dunne disappears from a Missouri McMansion. Her husband Nick's story does not quite line up. Her diary entries do not quite line up either.
Yes. Gone Girl was adapted into a 2014 film directed by David Fincher, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Gillian Flynn wrote the screenplay herself, and the film follows the novel closely. Pike was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.
No. Gone Girl is entirely fictional. Gillian Flynn has said the marriage dynamics drew on observation and imagination rather than a specific case.
Gone Girl contains some sexual content and violence but is not focused on either. The book's intensity comes from psychological tension rather than graphic scenes. Most readers consider it appropriate for adult thriller fans.
No. Gone Girl is a standalone novel. Gillian Flynn has written two other standalone thrillers, Sharp Objects and Dark Places, but none share characters with Gone Girl.
Gone Girl was written by Gillian Flynn, published in 2012 by Crown Publishers.
Gone Girl is 475 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Gone Girl takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Gone Girl is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.