Gone Girl, for all the genius of the plot and the characterization, made it very hard to feel sympathy with either of the leads. As much as I was enraptured by the novel and the film that came after it, in my heart of hearts I feel that Kara Thomas’ That Weekend, a YA novel that is clearly inspired it in both set-up and revelations, is far superior. In the summer of 2012, the world was held breathless by Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl, a masterpiece that started with the possible abduction of an abused wife and halfway through completely turned the tables on what we thought we knew about the missing woman. To say this is a spoiler warning is both an understatement and inaccurate because the details matter far more than the lot. Note: In order to best explain why I think this particular book is a must-read, I am going to be giving away far more details about the plot and revelations than I usually do in these reviews. When she finds out the truth, she doesn’t like what she learns.
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