I have heard some mixed reviews about this book and so I have been putting it off. But, Finally caught by my curiosity, I decided to give it a go. The book starts out well written. I hope that continues because, I love when an author really puts an effort into writing. When The main character and his wife both lose their jobs a quick decision to join his twin sister back in their home town will cause the start of a rocky marriage. Maybe there is more to it but so far the wife just sounds needy and selfish. She puts in zero effort to get to know her family in law and after 5 years of marriage still has only had a hand full of conversations with her husbands family. Is there something that I am missing or is she just a brat? I will update this article as I continue to read.
I have a funny story related to this book that I think is worth sharing and then I will get back to my review. Because trust me, there is a good update waiting to happen. 
book becomes reality
So, I am laying in bed reading this book, I am only about 15% of the way into the book. Let me set the scene. It’s a humid and rainy Sunday in northeast Floridian. I’ve got my iPad security distracting me from anything going on outside of this book. When out of no where, my door bell rings. I panic. No one ever rings the door bell. No one comes to visit and it’s Sunday! We don’t get mail on Sunday! I will admit. I was worried that who ever kidnapped Amy, was coming for me next. So I set my iPad down, tiptoe to my front door and peak out the little port hole. I see nothing. Not a soul! So, I give myself a little pep talk and then quickly tell myself that if someone tries to grab me, I fight! I swing open the door. Okay, I don’t really swing it open. I open it just a sliver and peak out like a mouse. Then once the I think the coast is clear. I swing the door open in a “I got you” fashion. The humidity greats me with a slap in he face. The side walk is clear and I have this overwhelming sensation that I am alone. I turn to see if maybe they are lurking beside the door. When I tell you I was ready to fight an Amazon package, I was ready!. My fists were up and ready. I quickly grabbed the package and made my way back in the house laughing at myself.
I digress from my story telling. I am about 30% of the way through the book and I have a few questions. 1) Why is this Amy chick so angry all the time? She just sounds like a spoiled brat. 2) Why does her husband have a burner phone and who keeps calling and texting him? 3)Why does he keep lying to the police? All the clues point to the husband! Also why did Amy want a gun? Who was scaring her? Was the villain someone from her childhood like her parents would have you think? What is actually going on?
***Spoiler alert***
It would make since that (the main character) would have a mistress. But I guess because I got so wrapped up in his “poor me” momma boy’s attitude that it never crossed my mind when he kept getting those calls or the text message that said something to the affect of “I’m outside.” Talk about creepy. I am losing sympathy for the guy but, I am wondering if his 20 something girlfriend could be the culprit. Maybe I’ve just never liked over the top happy people with way to much energy. But that’s just my thought. The author of this book seems to be asking a question to all of their readers. “Is he still guilty of having an affair if there is no love in his relationship with his wife?” Which is a fair and moral question to ask in this situation. I won’t give my opinion on morality of characters. Because I do not want to wager one way or the other quite yet.
I am about 50% of the way into this book and this is an absolute cluster mug (using a Stephen king term from his book Under The Dome). First an affair and now Amy is secretly friends with a neighbor? The shit show of a candle light vigil? Then there’s the part about the gun? Am I giving to much away? I’m sorry but, this book has so many twists and turns. I’m just trying to make since of everything right now? Part of me wants to blame the husband. Because that would be to easy. But, part of me is also looking at this secret best friend of Amy’s. Could she be the killer? Or did Amy actually stage all of this and run off on her own accord? There are just so many questions and I only have half a book left to make since of all of it. One thing that is bothering me is that they found blood in the kitchen and the detectives seem to think that this is where Amy died. But if she is pregnant like the medical records say she was, what if she had a miscarriage in the middle of her kitchen? Looking at it from a Hollywood spin on things. From that angle, its possible that is where the blood came from. I could be wrong. I still have half a book left so we shall see.
I don’t want to say anymore because it would give to much away
Because of this, I am just going to finish the book and then wrap up this review. I want the readers to be just as shocked as I was at this point in the book.
I have just finished reading Gone Girl and I have to say it was a 5 star book. It was almost like watching a true crime story unwind before your eyes and it wasn’t a basic level crime story. This was very well written. It took time. The author put effort into this book and the outcome was very good. Some parts were expected but others were not. I honestly really enjoyed this book. Maybe I’ll read it again next year. The ending was not what I expected at all. Actually, the entire book was far from what I expected.
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