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Gone Girl - if you have read it

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wannabeawallaby · 30/06/2013 15:53

DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT

REALLY

I MEAN IT

HOPEFULLY THAT'S ENOUGH

Ok, so I've just started reading gone girl BUT I'm wondering if it's already ruined for me. Someome on another thread, commenting on a telly programme, said 'I could do with a happy ending after reading gone girl'. I'm on the third chapter, Amy has gone missing. Is there any point me reading now I know it's going to be a sad ending? I guess at this point you could think she has made herself go missing, she might turn up, she might not... Etc.

So should I keep going?

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wannabeawallaby · 03/07/2013 23:27

Not really reading the latest posts for fear of spoilers!

About halfway through. Will have it done by the weekend. New July resolution - read more! Smile

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InLoveWithDavidTennant · 03/07/2013 22:58

i liked the first part of gone girl... but i absolutely hated the second half though... so much so that it took me 4 weeks to read it, as i kept putting it down in disgust frustration. not one character was likable either, which didnt help

bunnybing · 03/07/2013 10:25

I'm imagining Ryan Gosling as Nick (perhaps because he's in pretty much everything - maybe I lack imagination lol)

Jason Segel as Desi (he's got that ickiness)

Debs from Dexter as Go. I liked Go a lot - it was a shame she petered out in the latter part of the book

I think RW could be a good Amy

cornyblend37 · 03/07/2013 10:04

Tom Hardy for Nick

cornyblend37 · 03/07/2013 10:03

I can't imagine RW doing bad Amy, although I think she'd be perfect for good Amy.

BaconAndAvocado · 03/07/2013 09:25

Which actor for Nick though?..........

I'm thinking Jamie Dornan from The Fall, only mainly because we need to see more of him on our screens. He's such an excellent actor horny beast Smile

fruitpastille · 01/07/2013 21:54

I imagined reece witherspoon for a film version.

Trills · 01/07/2013 21:36

I can imagine her doing the voice of diary Amy.

Trills · 01/07/2013 21:36

Oh yes I think Reese Witherspoon could do it rather well.

squeaver · 01/07/2013 21:27

ffs WEB chat, obviously.

IWillDoItInAMinute · 01/07/2013 21:27

Agree with BOF and I thought the actress who plays Chloe in Don't trust the bitch would be perfect as the girl who 'befriends' Amy in the cabin.

squeaver · 01/07/2013 21:27

After you've finished, you should look up the author's we chat on here. It's really good.

But DO NOT look at it until you've finished the book.

cornyblend37 · 01/07/2013 21:22

I actually preferred Amy when I read the second half of the book.I don't know if Reece W is right for Amy...I think perhaps Cameron Diaz could do her justice or maybe Gwynnie.

BOF · 01/07/2013 21:15

She would make a great Amy. As long as they keep the sense of the character and show her unpleasant side. She ruined Vanity Fair by trying to make Becky likeable, which kind of missed the point.

NaturalBlondeYeahRight · 01/07/2013 21:12

I was reading the other day that Reece Witherspoon has brought rights- think it would make a good movie but no fun when you have read the book.

BOF · 01/07/2013 21:12

I enjoyed it, and I thought the ending was wonderfully creepy.

CoteDAzur · 01/07/2013 21:09

I wasn't infuriated. Why were you?

The ending was a complicated situation in the sense that it wasn't a clear-cut typical "bad guy lost, good guy won" type of scenario. I don't want to go into details here because OP hasn't finished it yet.

fruitpastille · 01/07/2013 21:02

They don't have to be likeable but in this instance I wanted to be rooting for someone but justncouldnt!

BaconAndAvocado · 01/07/2013 20:47

wannabeawallaby your OP was clear!

cote the ending isn't complicated, it's bloody infuriating.

CoteDAzur · 01/07/2013 19:51

Do the characters have to be likeable, too?

valiumredhead · 01/07/2013 18:43

Quite not write

valiumredhead · 01/07/2013 18:42

Ido-I felt the same! Really I have never cared less about characters before. Shit book imo, and the writing style was awful imo. Made me write stabbyAngry

The ending was the only thing I liked about it.

OP come back when you have finished and we'll discuss it some moreGrin

fruitpastille · 01/07/2013 18:24

I wanted Go to take action iykwim to help her brother by the end but sadly did not happen!

SanityClause · 01/07/2013 17:37

fruitpastille, I don't think any of the characters are all that likeable, except maybe the sister, and the female detective.

SanityClause · 01/07/2013 17:35

Do keep reading, because the end is surprising.

The book is quite heavy going, though.