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leftyladyfrommo

(19,478 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:42 AM Jan 2015

Has anyone read "Gone Girl?" [View all]

I'm just curious. I am just finishing up this book and was pretty amazed by the depth of perception about what women go thru to make themselves fit the male concept of what women should be. How we buy into the concept of the "cool" girl. How we try to fit ourselves into the male idea of the perfect woman. All the sexual stuff we put up with that is really disgusting.

This is really a very powerful novel. And, boy did she hit the nail right on the head.

I really wish younger women would just get over feeling like they have to be "hot." That whole thing just destroys your soul.

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Has anyone read "Gone Girl?" [View all] leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 OP

Sounds like an interesting book CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #1

Gillian Flynn is the author. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #4

Thank you leftyladyfrommo! CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #5

Heres the link...:) SummerSnow Jan 2015 #26

The novel is better, IMO whathehell Jan 2015 #28

Gone Girl Polly Hennessey Jan 2015 #2

I didn't really understand just how brainwashed women are leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #7

Yes. I enjoyed it, but, basically two spoiled and vindictive brats. nt djean111 Jan 2015 #3

This problematic mindset seems to be increasing rather than diminishing Feral Child Jan 2015 #6

I know. It's really scary. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #9

That group suffers from a peculior sickness. Feral Child Jan 2015 #24

The Duggars are extreme yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #27

Just my opinion Feral Child Jan 2015 #31

Understand! yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #32

You to, yeoman. n/t Feral Child Jan 2015 #34

I'm not very social either. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #20

Yes. Feral Child Jan 2015 #25

if only she wasn't also a sociopath is what I kept thinking throughout the whole book. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #8

I didn't see it that way. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #11

did you see the movie? she is a murdering sociopath. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #12

I haven't gotten that far. And I haven't seen the movie. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #17

agree with you and I will shut up now because I am ruining the plot line for you. Where are you Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #19

She's living in the cabin. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #22

Exactly. Gillian ruins the powerful feminist message in this book by making Amy crazy. - Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #23

Oh, yeah -- to me, the whole premise of the book was that he was a jerk, but Nay Jan 2015 #37

I disliked the movie a lot, but liked the book until whathehell Jan 2015 #29

I kind of wished I had read the book before I saw the movie. and Yes, at some point, Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #35

Yes, I'm glad I did that. whathehell Jan 2015 #45

I feel that way, too. After finishing. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #46

Read and Enjoyed It in 2012 The Roux Comes First Jan 2015 #10

I think Gillian wrapped it up quickly because, by that time, she was tired of living in Amy's Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #13

I didn't see her as sick and twisted. Just fed up. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #15

Understanding how she felt is one thing, justifying/rationalizing the actions she takes is a whole Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #16

I'll keep reading. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #18

I don't know that I don't like her. She is deliciously evil. Like the Wicked Witch in Fairy Tales. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #21

If you can't imagine why some women would want to marry TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #40

I don't think it's just young women. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #14

Trying to be hot destroys many minds and bodies, too. merrily Jan 2015 #30

I have to tell you this because it explains a lot. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #42

I read the first half and the end. I gave up because I could see they were both sociopaths. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #33

intersting, in that I did not see him as a sociopath, just lazy and spoiled. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #36

Me, too. He was just a regular spoiled, thoughtless, selfish guy, and she is shown to be much Nay Jan 2015 #39

I've read it. Plot spoiler alert SheilaT Jan 2015 #38

Thanks for sharing that. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #41

I do want to say, that even though SheilaT Jan 2015 #43

I just finished the book. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #44

I finished the book last night. brer cat Jan 2015 #47

I was interested in their childhoods, too. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2015 #48