Every time I reread (re-listen) to Gone Girl, I always hope I’m going to like it more this time. But it’s just good. It’s fine. It leaves you with a sense of dread. Which I’m sure appeals to some people. Not me, though. 

People say that everyone sucks in this book, but I don’t know. There are characters I liked. I think Amy is the only character I truly despised, all the way through. I’m not even sure if diary Amy really is supposed to be relatable because I hated her just as much. 

On my latest pass through Flynn’s backlist, I started picking up on little similarities, perhaps callbacks or Easter eggs to previous works. Men frivolously buying golf clubs they’ll never use (or it being presented as such), investigations leading to homeless towns, the protagonist owning a pet cat, and drinking amaretto. Just interesting little things. 

It’s not my favorite work by Flynn (that goes to Sharp Objects), but it’s got that feel all her books do. Worth the read even just for her writing.