Gone girls director david fincher obviously thinks a few changes wouldnt have harmed stieg larssons the girl with the dragon tattoo, telling. What complicates this ending is that despite amys insistence that. So pay attention, because this tour stops for no one. If the fifth anniversary gift is wood, it must be a woodshed which is also where you take someone who needs to be. Yeah, i dont know if gone girl works very well as an allegory. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. I went to the movie with two friends, one who had read the book and one who has not. I was never really into books, just recently during quarantine i picked a book from the shelf i never finished, the books name is hippie written by paulo coelho, after finishing the book in about a week i went and bought 2 other books of paulo coelho zahiri and the alchemist, i am amazed by how books work, hippie gave me the. I just finished the book last night and found the ending unsatisfying and unsettling as wellbut with this kind of a book, i dont think there could have been a settled ending. Oct 06, 2014 obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Gone girl is a complex and dark psychological thriller adapted by the same writer of the book it was based on. The ending, never saw it coming even with playing it backwards.
The false note struck by the gone girl ending doesnt ruin everything that came before, but a more satisfying ending would have made the experience so much better. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. The book should have ended much sooner, instead i was left with an extremely disappointing ending. This is the first gillian flynn book i have read, and wondering if i should try. Gone girl the end of gone girl spoiler alert showing 150 of 414. How to interpret the ending of the bookmovie gone girl quora. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. In the tradition of the girl on the train, the silent wife, and gone girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one womans seemingly good fortune, and another womans mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception. Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially its ending without ruining it for others.
The ending of gone girl has always been controversial, and now that the movie has exposed a whole new legion of formerly innocent bystanders to flynns dark, cutthroat bestseller, that controversy has only expanded. Mias mother and detective gabe hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional. The second half of the second part of the book when gone girl appears dont worry, you learn that by reading the table of contents, so this is not a spoiler is where it all went downhill for me. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. Well i read the book and i had a hard time finding the difference between the book s ending. I love the end of notes on a scandal, also a book i love. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. The girl before reference at the end of the book was a surprise. Boy meets girl, girl is a secret sociopath, girl fakes her own death, and. Taylor explained that, in adapting the book, he was trying to figure out a way to convey a single line that hawkins. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy.
If it hadnt been an e book, i would have thrown it. If you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager. Which isnt to say that there arent truths to be found in the story, but i dont think its a message movie. The investigators find amys first treasure hunt clue, which is an anniversary tradition, and insist on going with him in case the clues will shed some light into amys recent whereabouts. Jan 16, 2014 ben affleck in gone girl 20th century fox ending gone girl differently. The story starts with a text message between siblings. Jane appears to be the only one who derives any benefit from her association with the house. Gillian flynn responds gone girl ending the no charge. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. Though diary amy writes a good deal about her and nicks early relationship, she never writes about. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these specific ways sean oconnell more from sean oconnell anna kendrick says shell tear your face off if she doesnt eat as soon as she wakes up. Based on the hit novel by gillian flynn who also adapted her own work for the screen the film tells the story of a crumbling marriage. The dangers of alternate last acts gillian flynn is overhauling her twisty, bestselling thriller for the screen.
Though rumors throughout production implied that flynn, who also wrote the movies script, was going to change the ending, the. Its strongly hinted that things arent going to go back to normal after the ending. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. In the case of gillian flynns addictive maritaldysfunction mystery gone girl, which david fincher is currently translating for the screen, the news that flynn has come up with an entirely. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. To romantic suspense novels ive given 10 b pluses and two diks. Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding nick dunne affleck, who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden. Mia dennett is abducted one night by an enigmatic stranger named colin thatcher, whose job was to kidnap mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. Well, i just finished the the book the girl before. I was interested enough to keep coming back to find out what happened.
Gone girl the movie starred a well played ben affleck as nick, and rosamund pike made for a perfect amy. Gone girl concludes with amy awaiting both the birth of her and. Major spoilers on the gone girl film adaptation and book ahead. Oct 05, 2014 if you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager to see what really happened when david fincher. There were rumors going around that gillian flynn wrote the screenplay with a different ending. The most intriguing thing about gone girl is how droll it is. Its a shame i wont be adding all the missing girls to that list. Oct 08, 2014 the book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Through her two ultimately unreliable narrators, flynn masterfully weaves the slow trickle of critical details with 90degree plot turns. There were several portions that i desperately wanted to quote, just to prove my point, but as i was reading a galley, ill refrain. Movie with a spoiler page as well that gives more insight on the movie. I picked up a copy of the good girl as the author, ms.
During my time at aar ive given 7 diks to suspense novels and 11 b pluses. Oct 08, 2014 back in january, entertainment weekly ran a cover story on the then upcoming adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel gone girl. An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, the good girl is a compulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. The good girl takes readers from the vibrant city of chicago to a remote rustic cabin in the forest during the cold winter of minnesotawhere two people learn to trust one another. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. This was a great book cant believe i finished it in 3 daysamy definitely has some serious mental issues but for me that is what made the book that much interesting of a read. Here are three endings that are more plausible than the one that we saw. This book was so close to a fivestar rating but then the ending appeared. I found this book to be an excellent debut novel and a highly enjoyable read.
Even though amy ends the book demanding that she, not. Honestly, the movie played out extremely well and had a nice running compatibility with the book. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. Not the profiling like criminal minds, but definitely the feel. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. Well i read the book and i had a hard time finding the difference between the books ending. The complexity of human behavior promotional still for the upcoming gone girl film adaptation. She spoke about how she prepared to play amy dunne, which included. I really enjoyed the whole book, but the ending just had me in disbelief. I am the typical 23m working part time job studying etc. Oct 03, 2014 if you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager to see what really happened when david fincher. Gillian flynns name has been placarding book stores all over the world for a while now and pretty soon, its going to take a tour around the silver screens as well.
How emily blunts girl on the train ended up so different. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one that. Gone girl movie ending compared to book popsugar celebrity. Nick comes home from the bar that he owns with his twin sister margo to find that his wife has gone missing.
I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending. I was enthralled by gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl, but, like so many readers of the marital mystery, i was lessthanpleased with the. I read gone girl and was wondering what everyone thought of it. Thatd be gone girl, for sure the buzziest movie of late. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book.
There were so many places the book could have stopped that would have left me in suspense or even wishing. An intense and thoughtprovoking novel, ideal for book clubs and discussions. The leads, especially amy as narrator, are too messed up to really think theyre supposed to stand for something like an american marriage or anything like that. I thought the ending was a big let down after building tension that led to the end. Oct 06, 2014 thatd be gone girl, for sure the buzziest movie of late. My conclusion is that this book just missed having a great ending.
Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when colin suddenly decides to hide mia in a secluded cabin. The film was met with both commercial success and widespread critical acclaim. Mias mother and detective gabe hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the. 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. The good girl by mary kubica meet your next favorite book. The good girl is an almost completely characterdriven story. I could sense it each time, the situation got intense. Mary kubica holds a bachelor of arts degree from miami university in oxford, ohio, in history and american literature.
The articles author stephen lee quotes director david fincher the social network, se7en on the authorpenned screenplay for the filmwhich stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as nick and amy respectivelyindicating that drastic deviations from the. Sep, 2012 gillian flynn responds gone girl ending posted on september, 2012 by rosemary wolfe, nochargebookbunch in one of the few times an author has responded to my query, gillian flynn wrote back about my dislike of her ending in gone girl. David fincher handled the challenge of adapting a beloved novel with aplomb in gone girl, managing to fit gillian flynns intricate mystery within the very different confines of a movie. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. In september, rosamund pike sat down with variety for a 2. The good girl is a thriller set in chicago and centered on the kidnapping of twentysomething school teacher and daughter of a prominent judge, mia dennett. I watched gone girl in a full theater, and after the big reveal enormous spoiler alert. The ending to the book basically read like the beginning of the book, so you really only need to read a few pages of the beginning to get a feeling. The crime scenes scene 3 gone girl behind the crimes scene 1 amys clue says that the location of the gift is where you store goodies for anniversary five. Oct 07, 2016 how emily blunts girl on the train ended up so different from the book. Gone girl is also the title of a lew archer story, in the 1955 collection the name is archer, by ross macdonald, who flynn has also cited as a favorite author. Detective boney had a hunch, from the beginning, that nick was innocent. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss some.
Instead, much of the force of the penultimate scene comes from nick and. Oct 09, 2014 the ending of gone girl has always been controversial, and now that the movie has exposed a whole new legion of formerly innocent bystanders to flynns dark, cutthroat bestseller, that controversy has only expanded. The movie is suspenseful and slow building, many times showing events from the past that help you put the pieces into place. She really did imagine, that they were a team against the world and i. Firstly let me explain why gone girl only received four stars. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. Detective gabe hoffman along with mias mother eve enter into a desperate search to find her. For long stretches, finchers gliding widescreen camerawork, immaculate compositions and sickly, desaturated colors fuse with trent reznor and atticus rosss creepyoptimistic synthesized score to create a perverse bigscreen version of one of those tv comedies built around a pathetically unobservant lump of a husband and his. I kind of want to read it again, but this time backwards. This was a great bookcant believe i finished it in 3 daysamy definitely has some serious mental issues but for me that is what made the book that much interesting of a read.