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Gone Girl , Gillian Flynn

Description

'What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?' Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? And what was left in that half-wrapped box left so casually on their marital bed? In this novel, marriage truly is the art of war...

My Thoughts

 

I did like this book, but part one dragged for me, took me weeks to get through it, normally takes me 3 days to a week to finish a book. But once I hit part 2 that was it did the rest in one sitting.
I think the first part dragged on so much was because I didnt care, I didnt care about the charaters, i didnt care about what happened at all.
But once we got in the second part is where it took an interesting turn, I sort of had a feeling about what was going on I was right, but the way it was done was fasntastic and very clever.
The end was fab as well, I didnt think it would end like that I thought it would follow the flow but it took another turn for me.
I just wish I stuck out the first part and got through it quicker I would of enjoyed it more but because it took so long to read i still have a feeling it dragged alot.
4/5

 

Description

One fateful summer morning in 1986, two eleven-year-old girls meet for the first time and by the end of the day are charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside town when her investigation leads her to interview funfair cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day when they were just children. But with new lives - and families - to protect, will they really be able to keep their wicked secret hidden?

 

My Thoughts

A really good read. I love the way its written, finding out bits as you went through the current story. Another book that made me feel a different way than I thought I would towards the main characters. The ending felt very justified and fitted in really well.

Description

Growing up in the Seventies, we were on the brink of the modern age. But despite a brave new world of Casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holiday. For the Seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.For Emma Kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they went. Whether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the Welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of France, family holidays always left them battered and bruised. But they never gave up. Emma's memoir, "The Tent, the Bucket and Me", is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes.

My Thoughts

This book is the funniest thing I've read. If you have ever been camping or a disaster of a holiday this book is for you.
This book brings back so many funny memories, some parts remind me of my mum, some of me. I laughed all the way. 
I would never of picked up this book, but a friend told me to read it and I'm so glad I did. 
I recommend this book to everyone, funny from the start, and i really enjoyed it. 4.5/5

Description

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand. Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the charming college co-ed. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’ apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

 

My Thoughts

 

I enjoyed reading this book, I really like the characters and how they developed. But I did find a lot of the story unrealistic like her family and the Vegas stuff seemed a bit far fetched and was disappointed as I was hoping her past story might of been more interesting. If you don't take it too seriously then it is a fun enjoyable read, but wont be rushing to read it again. 3/5