Week #42 – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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Week #42 – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, 2012

The narrative alternates between Nick and Amy Dunne. Nick's narration begins shortly after arriving home on his fifth wedding anniversary to find Amy is missing and there are signs of a struggle. Nick is the prime suspect. Both Nick and Amy are revealed to be unreliable narrators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Girl_(novel)

Gillian Flynn also wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Girl_(film)

The story is very similar to the Scott and Laci Peterson true crime story

https://www.cbr.com/gone-girl-scott-laci-peterson-inspiration/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/is-gone-girl-based-on-a-true-story

The cat is a key character

https://hellogiggles.com/need-talk-gone-girl-cat/

https://cinemacats.com/gone-girl-2014/

Famous cat movies

https://www.vulture.com/article/famous-cat-performances-in-movies-ranked.html

https://movieweb.com/best-cat-movies/#hocus-pocus-1993

Have you read Gone Girl or seen the movie? Do you watch movies just for the cats? Tell us in the comments!