Marion County Public Library System

This week’s Staff Pick is by Julie, MCPLS PR Manger.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

I have to start off by saying that this book is wildly popular right now, so naturally I wanted to read it. I started out 112 on the waiting list through WVDELI, and it finally became available a couple of days ago. Gone Girl is about a couple, Amy and Nick that have reached their five-year wedding anniversary. On each anniversary, Amy has provided clues that take the couple all over town to memorable (for her, anyway) places they visited during the past year, culminating in his present. He never gets the clues, which frustrates her to no end.

On the morning of their fifth anniversary, she tells him he needs to take some time out and decide where they are going in their lives. She loves him, but as with a lot of couples, life has come between them, and he has to decide if he still feels the same about her.  Nick goes off to work at a bar he and his sister own and, upon returning home a few hours later, finds the house in disarray. Signs of a struggle are everywhere, and his wife is not to be found.

The book continues on with Nick trying to cooperate with the police, who seem to be looking at him instead of elsewhere. The chapters alternate between Nick’s account of the present events and Amy’s diary from the day they met, going forward.

I’m still reading, so I can’t tell you how it ends, but it’s very easy to read. The author flows through events nicely and it’s not a problem jumping back and forth between chapters. Gone Girl is very interesting and suspenseful. You won’t be sorry you picked this one.