(Gianna)I know you. You are just like Liz when it comes to your summer reading. You want love: you want a bit of sex, wrapped in a bit more violence, with just a touch of regret, and a few tears. And if it’s a weekend…you want a vampire thrown in for good measure (and you know what I mean by good measure, right ladies!). [Is she talking about another Liz here? I just read a novel about an old man dying of cancer and coping with his regrets. I don't remember any vampires.] And you know, we can suggest books like that by the truckload [no we can't], but for fun we thought this summer we would suggest some books a bit higher on the literary ladder.
I am going to start with what I
think is going to be the book of the season, and the one book you really will
not be able to put down. Yep, Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn will be the best book you read this summer, I promise. It has
everything that our beloved Liz likes in her books: sex, lies, twists, and
turns, and plenty of vampires. Okay no vampires, but you don’t really want
vampires anyway. Stop saying you do, you don’t! [Gianna has pneumonia right now. She may be delirious.]
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| Author Gillian Flynn. There's a twisted mind inside that head. Excellent. |
Gone Girl is incredibly well
written (fans of Dan Chaon and Kate Atkinson alike will not be disappointed),
and while Dark Places was fantastic, and Sharp Objects was truly original…this
one is better. This is it; this is the book you want to have your summer affair
with. But you know, treat it right, and bring it to the beach or home for the
weekend to meet your parents.
One last thing; you will want to
talk about this book to anyone who will listen, but you sort of can’t lest you
spoil it. My advice is to buy two copies, one for you and one for the person
who will ditch a day of work with you to dissect this read. You should always
have a friend like that.
[I loved this book too. It's the Scott Peterson trial mixed with Double Indemnity. And Gillian Flynn owns a fat cat and likes to write about twisted, dark women. My kind of author.]
I was wondering what should be next on the To Read list -- this made the decision for me. I've seen nothing but high praise for this book. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteLoved "Gone Girl." I see (or hoping) a sequel is coming my way.
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