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Reviewing Gone Girl Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, is a thriller novel published by Crown Publishing Group on May 24, 2012. The novel centers on Nick and Amy Dunne’s marriage and what happens when Amy goes missing. Gone Girl is told from alternating points of view between Nick and Amy. Amy’s point of view is told by the journal entries she had been writing for years, which tells the entire story of her relationship with Nick. In it are the details of Amy’s marriage with Nick, how they both lost their jobs, and how their marriage deteriorated. Nick’s chapters take place in the present day with Amy missing. Nick tells the audience about the police investigation and the events leading up to Amy’s disappearance. Nick appears to be telling the truth because he tells the audience when he is lying and speaks truthfully, but is he?  ~Spoiler Alert~ Amy Dunne has expertly created a version of herself to play several roles in order to advance in life. Amy is a lying, manipulative...

Amy Dunne: Cool Girl Amy Dunne plays the role of the loving housewife to her husband for years until she finds out he is cheating on her with a student. After Amy's disappearance, her husband, Nick Dunne, becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance, but we soon learn that Amy herself has staged the entire thing in order to get revenge on her husband. While she is "missing", Amy gives a monologue which essentially explains why she does everything until this point and how being a "cool girl" was the role she gave herself instead of the typical fashion of the "cool girl" being a victim. Amy's monologue relates to our society as a large because Amy talks about the "cool girl" and how they are hot and understanding. She discusses the cool girl and how men actually think girls like this exist, when in fact they are playing a role just to please their partner. In a society that values Instagram likes and appearances above all else, men hav...