Back in january, entertainment weekly ran a cover story on the then upcoming adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel gone girl. Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding nick dunne affleck, who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden. With plenty of twists and turns, gone girl keeps you, not only second guessing the whole idea of marriage, but the intentions of every character in the film. By the end of that year, gone girl had sold over two million copies in print and digital editions, according to the book s publisher. Witherspoon, who never owned the rights, boarded the project as. She was formerly a television critic for entertainment weekly. Its just that there are so many stories to choose from, which you already know if you, like millions of other readers, rapidly inhaled novels like gone girl and the girl on the train over the. I would read other books by this author that are more like the last two books.
Gone girl author gillian flynn on a possible sequel and her chilling. Gone is a bestselling book series written by michael grant the series is centered on the fictional southern californian town of perdido beach, in which every human aged 15 and older vanishes. Gillian flynn says a gone girl sequel book and film could happen if it. A majority of the characters have ulterior motives and are trying to use each other to serve their own selfish ends, though of course amy takes the cake when it comes to disingenuousness. Is gillian flynn planning to write a sequel to gone girl. Jan 05, 2015 the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl, the book still entrenched on bestseller lists two and a half years after publication. Oct 21, 2014 even though the book ends very satisfyingly, it doesnt end the way i wanted it to. The second book, hunger, was released a year later, followed by the third book, lies, on may 4, 2010. This boxed set contains the three novels from bestselling author gillian flynn. That would have been the other option, to kill her off but whos going to do that. This was such an unpleasant read that i started taking notes of all the ridiculous parts. But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book.
Gillian flynn reflects on gone girl legacy, rise of anti. Dec 05, 20 i expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. Nick goes back to gos place, where he fills her in on the field trip to. New twobook deal for gone girl author gillian flynn the. Ben affleck in gone girl 20th century fox ending gone girl differently. Oct 08, 2014 the book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. Gone girl is one of those books that you might start reading in bed, and before you know it its 3am and youre fighting to keep your eyes open to read just one paragraph more. Will there ever be a sequel to gone girl that will finally give us some.
With half of the first part of the book taking the form of diary entries by the gone girl, it took me a while to really realise that everything i had read in the first part of the book was not as it seemed and there was a nefarious reason for the tone of these diary entries. It suggests that if you do all your research and youre patient that you can concoct any. There are twists and turns and even when you think you know whats going on, you really dont. Gillian flynn does wonders with her adaption from her own novel. The david fincher adaptation of gillian flynns novel gone girl spit me. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks to emma brockes about her leap to fame, writing the screenplay of the new film, and why no one should read her dark books expecting to find a. Immensely dark and deeply intelligent, gone girl is a book about how well one person can truly know another metro flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind daily mail. Ive mentioned before that i actually dont find it horrible to watch the movie before reading. Asked if additional plot details were available for either new book, a press representative for the publisher said in a concise email, unfortunately no. The fourth book, plague, was released on april 5, 2011. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy.
Newsentertainmentbeautyfashionlifestylebookshealthtake carevideo. Oct 06, 2014 this post contains spoilers for the gone girl movie and book. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins the new york times. It suggests ways to falsify rape and lie to police officers. I would have to have the exact same people to do it i would want rosamund. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. Rosamund pike talks gone girl, that scene, and more at. Finchers brilliantly twisted visual masterpiece, gone girl, is of course, another example of this. New twobook deal for gone girl author gillian flynn.
I just finished gillian flynns gone girl after weeks of only being able to read a little bit at a time. Not just literally, as in the sicko punch and judy puppets amy gets nick for their anniversary, but metaphorically. Flynn has published three novels, sharp objects, dark places, and gone girl, all three of which have been adapted for film or television. Nov 15, 2012 asked if additional plot details were available for either new book, a press representative for the publisher said in a concise email, unfortunately no. May 30, 2012 gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. The dangers of alternate last acts gillian flynn is overhauling her twisty, bestselling thriller for the screen. If it will focus on the dunnes teen child it makes sense to let affleck and pike age a little, but the big question mark is david finchers involvement. This post contains spoilers for the gone girl movie and book. If you need a refresher, basically the book ended with amy having. It is truly one of the most twisted films adapted from an even sicker and twisted book thats out there right now. If it will focus on the dunnes teen child it makes sense.
The chicago tribune proclaimed that flynns work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. The fifth book, fear, was released on april 3, 2012, in the united states and the united kingdom, although it was. The most intriguing thing about gone girl is how droll it is. Gone girl is the movie flynn fans hoped for and sets pike up for a worthy oscar nomination but fincher disappoints in failing to improve upon the alreadybrilliant book. Gone girl is also the title of a lew archer story, in the 1955 collection the name is archer, by ross macdonald, who flynn has also cited as a favorite author. And if flynn were to go the other way, something more in line with the. Where things changed in order to grant gone girl the ability to make such a strong impact was due to the book arriving during a time, that flynn notes, when the womens movement was evolving. May 24, 2012 there is a huge cloud of smug over gone girl. The town and surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable barrier that burns to the touch, with many of its inhabitants developing supernatural powers. Amy books as inspiration, she might be wise not to revisit them at all. Oct 27, 2016 the gone girl with the dragon tattoo on the train. Rosamund pike will return for gone girl 2 if this person does.
The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. The problem with gone girl is that there s no cool girl. As gone girl rolled through production, there was talk about director david fincher and screenwriter gillian flynn tinkering with and possibly changing the ending to the authors bestselling. Flynn wrote the adaptations for the 2014 gone girl film and the hbo limited series sharp objects.
The articles author stephen lee quotes director david fincher the social network, se7en on the authorpenned screenplay for the filmwhich stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as nick and amy respectivelyindicating that drastic deviations from the. Amy and nick hurt one another, but in unexceptional ways. Gillian flynn says there could be a gone girl sequel at some. You cant look at gone girls amazon page without reading endless.
While there, rosamund pike talked about how hard gone girl was to get out of her system, why the secrets of the story were worth keeping, what was most helpful in her understanding of the. Gone girl is deserving of all the praise and trill. It also didnt help matters that i figured out the ending before page 100. A version of this article appears in print on 11162012, on page c 2 of the newyork edition with the headline. Im writing a new novel in fact ive written the first chapter in the past. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres.
Its ultimately revealed amy staged her disappearance as revenge for nick. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. Oct 06, 2014 obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Aug 07, 2015 even though dark places and gone girl are not related by plot or character, the newer film is sure to appeal to fans of the fincher thriller. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Oct 18, 2019 the original gone girl was a big success and key cast and crew are interested, so gone girl 2 is a possibility. However, after i read this book, there is no way i would allow my teens when they become teens to read this disgusting book. Oct 10, 2014 rosamund pike has admitted that she would return for a sequel to gone girl, but only if gillian flynn writes the potential followup. Rosamund pike has admitted that she would return for a sequel to gone girl, but only if gillian flynn writes the potential followup. She then forces him to delete his book by threatening to keep him from their unborn.
Through her two ultimately unreliable narrators, flynn masterfully weaves the slow trickle of critical details with 90degree plot turns. A chilling, stylish read about another unknowable woman elle flynn has created a gripping tale and a pageturner. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. Rosamund pike will return for gone girl 2 if this person. Sharp objects im gonna go there and say im a huge fan of gillian flynn. 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. And so, the sublimated ideological critique of the book disappears. And maybe that elusive gone girl sequel isnt too far. For long stretches, finchers gliding widescreen camerawork, immaculate compositions and sickly, desaturated colors fuse with trent reznor and atticus rosss creepyoptimistic synthesized score to create a perverse bigscreen version of one of those tv comedies built around a pathetically unobservant lump of a husband and his. Gone girl by gillian flynn was one of the big suspense novels of 2012. That sets up all kinds of possibilities, but the author has yet to pen either a book or script. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. I expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it.
These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of gone girl by gillian flynn. The original gone girl was a big success and key cast and crew are interested, so gone girl 2 is a possibility. If you havent yet read gone girl, or if you care about spoilers, please dont read further than this sentence, because im about to give the whole ending of this book away. Among other reasons, his lack of emotion about amys disappearance and the. Oct 24, 2015 the result was gone girl, a publishing phenomenon that has sold eight million copies since its release in 2012 and is that rarity in the book world. Gillian flynn says there could be a gone girl sequel at. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl. The book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. The result was gone girl, a publishing phenomenon that has sold eight million copies since its release in 2012 and is that rarity in the book world. The first novel in this series, titled gone, was published in 2008. Given the enormous success of both gone girl the novel and gone girl the film, its no surprise that novelist gillian flynn would be open to the idea of a. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. Gone girl author gillian flynn on her chilling new book. Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they.
First of all, when we talk about a gone girl sequel, were not talking about a. Secondly, i did struggle through gone girl and i cant say i thought it was good. If youre still thinking about the book and have your opinions on it. So everyones clamouring to know will there be a gone girl 2. Its a really gripping story of a guy called nick who comes home one day and finds that his wife amy is missing. 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.