I haven't read the King novel, but I bet I'd like it better than I did Gone Girl! However, I kind of thought that both Nick and Amy seemed a little crazy all throughout the novel. Early on, I remember thinking, "This Amy girl sounds like a psycho."obiebookworm wrote:I've had another thought and that is Gone Girl in many ways reminds me of Stephen King's novel Secret Window, Secret Garden, where the storyline zeroes in on a psychopath but the characters don't seem to fit that description until the end.
Any thoughts?
Gone Girl Characters-Spoilers
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Re: Gone Girl Characters-Spoilers
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I felt the same way about "Diary Amy." She felt very unrealistic, and ultimately was. I kept thinking, "What woman would let someone walk all over her like this?" It seemed less like she loved Nick and more like she loved the idea of Nick, which is the only thing that caused her to fear losing him so much that she would cower the way that she did. I didn't, however, like the real Amy any better than "Diary Amy." She was terrifying and seemed equally unrealistic. She was this all or nothing character. Either she was a total push-over or a hostile, terrifying sociopath. I think most people are definitely more balanced than either version of Amy, but perhaps I think this way because I am not a sociopath. And though I wasn't as big a fan of this book as many other readers, I think, in the end, these were two incredibly narcissistic characters who deserved each other.FAHenfrey wrote:I found myself hating Diary Amy even before the great reveal because I found her far to one dimension so I was glad when we got a version of Amy that had some guts. However by the end of the book that Amy had started annoying me too as she seemed too ruthless, too heartless and too amazing and perfect at what she did. Nick on the other hand I didn't like on a personal level for. His flaws and weaknesses but I felt he was a very well written character that had plenty of depth and was designed to elicit that sort of a reaction. What I found most annoying about the characters however was the lack of depth to the secondary characters who seemed to change to give the reaction needed by a particular scene. That all being said I just read it in one day and it was definitely an amazing book.
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Granted, Amy was a psycho bitch. But even at a lesser degree, if I married and loved a man and he turned on me that way, I would want him punished. You bet I would. Deep in my darkest heart of hearts, I would think of doing this to him and smile. Would I do it? I doubt it. But I would want too! So I can even relate to Amy.
That is why I had to give the author four stars. It isn't often I can relate to characters I despise.
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If the book had been plotted differently I feel I could have at least related to the obviously unlikeable "real" Amy, I couldn't even force myself to love to hate her. She was an utterly false and unrealistic character.
I will watch the movie simply because I'm interested to see what they will do with the awful ending the book had.
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Nick nor Amy were likeable. They are just terrible people BUT oddly, I couldn't help but feel so badly for Nick. I mean there is revenge and then there is what Amy did.
The ending was unexpected and oddly terrifying because you know there are couples like that. That keep all that hatred bottled up and yet try to "work"
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Once we found out what was really going on, I had a sudden soft spot for Nick but his decision to stay with Amy in the end made me lose all respect for both of them. Then again, maybe Flynn's intent was to create an ending that is not like every other ending? I mean, who was actually expecting them to end up together after finding out that Amy was manipulating and controlling Nick's life and that he was essentially letting it happen? Frustrating? Yes. But can I argue against it being unique? I don't think I can.
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That's interesting that you feel the two characters deserved each others because they were so narcissistic. Since they were both narcissistic, it became a toxic, off the charts relationship for them to be together. That's why the ending is realistic, even though I hated it. At least, if only one person is narcissistic in a relationship, the other one balances them out so that the relationship doesn't go off the rails.Terramon wrote:I felt the same way about "Diary Amy." She felt very unrealistic, and ultimately was. I kept thinking, "What woman would let someone walk all over her like this?" It seemed less like she loved Nick and more like she loved the idea of Nick, which is the only thing that caused her to fear losing him so much that she would cower the way that she did. I didn't, however, like the real Amy any better than "Diary Amy." She was terrifying and seemed equally unrealistic. She was this all or nothing character. Either she was a total push-over or a hostile, terrifying sociopath. I think most people are definitely more balanced than either version of Amy, but perhaps I think this way because I am not a sociopath. And though I wasn't as big a fan of this book as many other readers, I think, in the end, these were two incredibly narcissistic characters who deserved each other.FAHenfrey wrote:I found myself hating Diary Amy even before the great reveal because I found her far to one dimension so I was glad when we got a version of Amy that had some guts. However by the end of the book that Amy had started annoying me too as she seemed too ruthless, too heartless and too amazing and perfect at what she did. Nick on the other hand I didn't like on a personal level for. His flaws and weaknesses but I felt he was a very well written character that had plenty of depth and was designed to elicit that sort of a reaction. What I found most annoying about the characters however was the lack of depth to the secondary characters who seemed to change to give the reaction needed by a particular scene. That all being said I just read it in one day and it was definitely an amazing book.
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While I couldn't relate to the main characters, I did relate to Nick's sister a little. She yelled at him for cheating on his wife and all the other things he did wrong. However, no matter what he did she still kept by her brother's side. I probably would have been mad at my brother if he had done something like Nick did, but I still would be by his side.