Nick is who is annoying me. Amy (through her diaries) is okay I guess. From the beginning there are all these inconsistencies between the narratives that are driving me crazy (and not even across, but within - mostly Nick's). I'm trying to figure out if I should like someone in this book because so far, there isn't even a child in the narrative that I could care about.

I'm about halfway through Gone Girl. ah ha.

that's all I will say.

Excerpt from the Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker.

I finished Gone Girl.

What a fucked up book. I mean holy shit. I figured out the central "mystery" but I never would have predicted the end. Both because it is so unrealistic in comparison to the rest. I actually don't buy the ending at all. SPOILERS Nick is absolutely kidding himself if he thinks he can keep this ruse going on all the time while they raise a child - who might become a devil child too. What happens when two people with extremely bad judgment who have dysfunctional emotional responses and knee jerk violent impulses raise a child? Man.

Huh, that's sort of why I thought it was the perfect ending. I didn't like it, but it sort of felt like the only way to go.

I wanted something more on the lines of homicide-suicide. He drives them off a cliff.

I didn't like it, but it sort of felt like the only way to go.

Yeah, that was kind of how I felt about it too.

Gone Girl was a pageturner for sure, and there were some things I liked about it, but so much of the characterization just did not work for me, and all the hype about how it's a book about marriage and men and women and blah blah blah... uh, if you're married to a total psychopath (sociopath?), then perhaps it would give you some insight into your own marriage, but otherwise it didn't seem to have a whole lot to say about actual human relationships.

Has anyone read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore? I read the Kindle sample, and the wait list at my library is 145 people, so I think I might be buying it. t /no impulse control when it comes to books t /or anything

Kate,

there is no insight into actual human relationships I don't think.

Yes, I read it. I found it mostly cute, although there were moments I did love. I certainly enjoyed it. If you want a little more detail, it's kind of a cross between an old-school treasure hunt kind of thing and a new technology world.