Gone Girl

I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn in less than five days — a record for me, the snail-paced reader — and my eyes are bleary. Now I would like to blur my eyes some more and watch the movie…if I can find it anywhere.

I loved the first half of the book—the mystery and suspense—and then things got weird and a little too melodramatic for me. I would have preferred a more toned-down, civilized version of the ending, and while reading the last five chapters, I kept thinking, "It should end here!"

Still, the book held my attention and distracted me from the impending back-to-school frenzy, for less than five days!