Gone Girl

I don't normally do thrillers. I don't like nastiness...or creepiness. I don't particularly approve of gratuitous violence (although I'm not squeamish. I can watch wildly violent movies and sleep like a baby, but if I read the lamest ghost story, I'm up all night, red-eyed, clutching my bedsheets and really wishing they still produced smelling salts). Anyway, as far as Gone Girl goes, I'm a late adopter. It's been everywhere, Gillian Flynn (hard 'G' thank you very much) has been giving interviews left, right and centre, you can barely get the door of your average Waterstones branch open without it getting stuck on a stack of copies... I tried to get it from the library (that's my excuse for leaving it so long, anyway) but they still haven't got round to getting a copy. They're worse than me. I really enjoyed Gone Girl. It's a perfect, page-turning holiday read. It's almost impossible to review without moulting spoilers all over the place though, so I'll keep it brief. A woman vanishes. Her husband narrates the story from the start of her disappearance, interspersed with her historical diary entries. Where is she, what happened to her? are the central themes of the book. There are several twists - none of which I saw coming - excellent character development and it's basically a big rollercoaster of a read. Enjoy. But don't expect to fall in love with any of the characters.