“To me, those are the dual questions that are in the book: number one, what happened to the girl; and two, what happened in this marriage, really? Who are these people, actually? How much can you know another person?”
New York Times bestselling novelist Gillian Flynn talks with Office Hours at Google Play about Gone Girl – and why marriage can sometimes be as much a mystery as murder.
And check out the reader polls, reading recommendations, and more from Gillian Flynn, created just for you while she was our RIF Guest Editor!
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We love a good Book to Film, especially when the book’s author is the screenwriter of the film. This is happily the case for Gone Girl.
Gone Girl – the mega bestselling thriller by Gillian Flynn – was picked up by Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Pacific Standard, with David Fincher (Zodiac and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), in talks to direct. As with all film projects, we won’t know what’s going on until it’s really happening, but it’s fun to play the role of casting director. If we were casting Nick and Amy, we’d pick Jake Gyllenhaal and Emily Blunt. They’re gorgeous – a real “It” couple like Nick and Amy – and they both have a certain menace underneath that shiny surface.
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Be sure to join Gillian Flynn TODAY, Wednesday April 10th at 2 pm ET/ 11 am PT when she will be taking questions on Authors Live @ Goodreads!
If you haven’t read Gone Girl, or read anything about it, we won’t spoil you. We can tell you it ‘s the story of a marriage gone wrong – really, really wrong. And it has Gillian Flynn’s trademark sharp wit, deeply-drawn characters, and whiplash plot twists and turns. Named by many to be the best book of 2012.
This week’s giveaway is an autographed – yes, signed by Gillian Flynn! – copy of the U.K. paperback edition of Gone Girl. It’s a really cool all-black edition, dark and elegant just like the novel itself.
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I cannot tell you how many emotions I went through while reading [Gone Girl]. Talk about psychological thriller. Holy cats!
“This is not a “wham, bam,” simple cut-and-dry case,” says Michelle, the sassy, smart reader behind the blog Red Headed Book Child. “No. It is a full-on psychological thriller you might see on a 20/20 episode. You never know who the good OR the bad guys are. You can’t stop reading though and wanting to know how the heck it’s going to end. Kudos to Gillian Flynn for creating this dare I say, ‘edge of your seat’ thriller.”
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RIFers, as 2012 comes to a close, all of us at Read It Forward are grateful to have shared another year of fabulous books with you. We’re so glad you’re here, and we’re delighted to present the Read It Forward Best Books of 2012! Featured on Read It Forward and chosen by RIFers, these titles received the most “Likes,” shares, tweets, comments, and reviews from the Read It Forward community. Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel Gone Girl, Brian McGrory’s entertaining memoir Buddy, Gretchen Rubin’s inspirational new book Happier at Home, Sarah McCoy’s unforgettable novel The Baker’s Daughter, Susan Cain’s bestselling book Quiet, and Lawrence Osborne’s literary thriller The Forgiven, just to name a few. These novels, memoirs, and books that inspire really got you talking this year, and we want to continue the conversation – join us!
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“Gone Girl is, at its nasty little heart, about a marriage gone toxic, so I’ll keep to that theme,” writes RIF Guest Editor Gillian Flynn. “Here are four brilliantly written books about husbands and wives who drive each other to dark extremes.” Bestselling novelist Gillian Flynn shares some of her favorite reads, including The War of the Roses, Until the Twelfth of Never, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Serena.
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