A Deeply Intelligent Page Turner: A Short Review Of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl

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A masterpiece portrayal of dysfunctional marriage. That is what Gone Girl is. An intense plot, beautifully crafted, intriguingly built. Flynn successfully manages to keep her reader on tenterhooks till the last line. A page turner, Gone Girl explores the deepest and darkest layers of human psyche, the destructive effects of a failing marriage and what hides behind perfectly masked relationships.

The story revolves around a New York couple, Amy and Nick who move to Missouri owing to the deteriorating health of Nick’s parents. Amy goes missing on their fifth anniversary and their living room and kitchen resemble a forced kidnapping spot, with things messed up and wiped blood on the kitchen floor. The police and entire America suspect it’s Nick as all evidences point against him. Nick swears it isn’t him. So, where is Amy and what happened to her?


The suspense just builds up so intensely as a seemingly mere crime thriller transforms into a full-fledged portrait of everything wrong in a mismatched relationship. One of the most prevalent themes of the plot is multiple personalities of a single person; how we can be two totally different personalities with two different people. The dependency of a person on the existence of another person to prove his or her worth and credibility is something you won’t think of in such depth otherwise. The constant battle between the innocent and the victim, the strong desire to be one and prove someone else the other so that oneself is upheld as a person everyone wants to one to see like is too dark and deep rooted to be viewed as nominal.

The book is a perfect pick for you if you are a digger for psychological thrillers. The book is packed with twists and turns everywhere and the moment you believe that you have figured it out, you are proven wrong. Nothing is as it seems. So get ready to dive deep into the layers of relationships, lies, manipulations, malice, revenge, multi-layered personalities, betrayal and self-destructive love if you are planning to pick it up!

Happy Reading! 😊

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