Gone Girl

After introducing The Wedding Girl last week, I would like to recommend another book related to lies in marriage, Gone Girl(《控制》). Gone Girl is a bestselling book that was adapted into a movie last year, which made many couples think twice before they leaped into marriage.

I bought the book without noticing that it had been a big hit even in Taiwan. I was on a business trip in the States and simply picked it up from the bookshelf for its beautiful cover when shopping at Barnes & Noble with my colleagues.

The story was mainly about a wife plotting against her husband. Amy pretended that she had been killed and intentionally left evidence that would point to her husband, Nick. To get himself out of trouble, Nick had to trace down all the evidence to find out the truth before the police. He ended up realizing that he had been married to a merciless lunatic.

I haven’t seen the movie but most of my friends who have prefer the book. I like the way the author switch narrators from chapter to chapter. In other words, the story is sometimes told by Nick, and sometimes by Amy, allowing readers to read both protagonists’ minds. This is something that is hard to present in a movie, and yet the techniques make the novel extremely intriguing when used spontaneously.