Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. We have two sets of discussion questions for gone girl. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. Gone girl by gillian flynn was one of the big suspense novels of 2012. Gone girl discussion questions wednesday book club. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Gone girl is one of the best and most frightening portraits of psychopathy ive ever read. Gone, too, the early break in nick and amys relationship, which lead to amys festering feelings about men. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012.
Who or what is really to blame in the disintegration of amy and nicks marriage. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when nick dunnes clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented mcmansion on the mississippi river. The question and answer section for gone girl is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Gone is the girl hilary handy amy framed for stalking. Ignore the movie, read gone girl, by gillian flynn. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy. Recommending new books each month to spark lively conversation.
This post contains spoilers for the gone girl movie and book the highly anticipated film adaptation of gillian flynns gone girl is out, and nobody can agree if. Last time i was writing about approaches that would enhance your book club discussion. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. The themes and ideas she explored in her first bookviolence, abuse, secrets and lies, and the false idea of the innately good womanwould go on to make her third novel, gone girl, a riotous bestseller and a veritable literary phenomenon. Gone girl, released by 20th century fox, and the novel,gone girl by gillian flynn. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, nicks portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Students will likely be captivated by a novel seemingly without a likable protagonist. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage. Unputdownable the blurb on the inside flap of the book says its unputdownable.
Nick and amy manipulate each other with savage, merciless and often darkly witty dexterity. If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate this is a discussion about the ending of gone girl the movie. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, nick dunne reports that his beautiful wife, amy, has gone missing. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast.
Written in 2012 by gillian flynn, gone girl tells a dark tale centered on manipulation and deceit. Gone girl by gillian flynn book circle online discussion. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. If there ever was a mustread, especially for mystery lovers, gone girl is that. When i first read that description, i thought it sounded a bit presumptuous not to mention that its a madeup word, but once i got about halfway in, i recanted my initial reaction.
Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Anyone who read it was anxious to pull others into its vortex, to share in the delicious, twisted secrets. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. Thatd be gone girl, for sure the buzziest movie of late. Gone girl is a recommended book by reading group choices. Gillian flynn couldnt possibly surprise her readers any more than she has in this amazing thriller. Welcome to the wednesday book club melbourne northern suburbs calendar.
Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of the top reads in 2012 and absolutely viral in nature. January 20 gone girl discussion warning spoilers kat. If youre ready to start a book club, heres 40 of the best book club questions, for fiction. Gone girl by gillian flynn book summary on a warm summer morning in north arthage, missouri, it is nick and amys fifth wedding anniversary. Amy dunne blames the myth of the cool girl for many of the problems in her marriage part two, p. But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty.
Gone girl topics for discussion gillian flynn this study guide consists of approximately 56 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of gone girl. Gone girl is a best book club book for discussion, a thriller about a woman who disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary, and the suspicions thrown on her husband. The novel sold two million copies in its first year and went on to be translated into 40. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Gone girl has the good or bad fortune to arrive at a moment when theres considerable cultural discussion about misogyny and violence against women, and to embody those themes as a. So pay attention, because this tour stops for no one. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Gone girl summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy.
To me the idea was sort of disrespectful to all the women abused and murdered by their spouses. Gone girl gillian flynn, 2012 crown publishing 432 pp. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in. So now that were already buzzing and oh that chatter is destined to be cast far and wide we might as well clear something up for. News flash, discussions do not have to be confined to the book only. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. The novel soon made the new york times best seller list. Gillian flynn goodreads author topics about this book topics that mention this book. This 43page guide for gone girl by gillian flynn includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 3 parts, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. Talk about the ways each reveals himherself over the course of the novel. Gone girl study guide from litcharts the creators of. The novel s suspense comes from the main character, nick dunne, and whether he is involved in the disappearance of his wife. Its distinctive cover was seen in airports, on newsstands, in doctors offices, and on every subway.