Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Publisher: CITIC Press

Introduction
Will marriage kill people? Who murdered marriage? Is a perfunctory marriage worth living? Should lazy and negative lovers learn a lesson? It has surpassed "Trust No One" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" by several blocks, and has performed a miracle of best-selling that has attracted people's attention. From New York lawyers to desperate housewives, everyone has a copy and they are out of control. It was listed in "Oprah" magazine's "Top Ten Favorite Books" in 2012! It was recommended by the largest physical bookstore in the United States, "Barnes & Noble", "Publishers Weekly", "Library Journal", "Inc." Magazine, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", "Huffington Post" and the world's largest book review website "GoodReads" in 2012!
Nick and Amy are a perfect couple in the eyes of others. Amy keeps a diary to record her married life every day, and carefully designs a "treasure hunt game" full of surprises on every wedding anniversary to maintain her intimacy with her husband, but life is inevitably becoming more and more dull...
On their fifth wedding anniversary, the hostess mysteriously disappeared! Nick confessed his love through the media and frantically searched for his missing lover.
However, Amy's diary pointed out that Nick was the real murderer. Suddenly, everyone felt insecure and began to re-examine the person next to them.
Media and expert comments:
The writing is as sharp as a knife... The plot is mysterious and unpredictable, revealing a sense of cleverness that always catches the eye. Not only does it set up a series of twists and turns, wonderful and meticulous plots, but it also creates many vivid and lifelike characters. The writing tip is chilling and the skill is comparable to Patricia Highsmith. If readers have any doubts, please go back and review the details in the book. No matter how you feel about this book when you read it for the first time, the feeling of reading it for the second time will definitely be completely different.
--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Yes, Gone Girl is undoubtedly one of the most popular novels in recent years! A young woman's disappearance casts a heavy shadow on her husband: is he the real murderer? As a popular and acclaimed work, this suspenseful and fascinating novel is definitely worthy of its reputation."
--Oprah Magazine
A superb read with a thrilling plot that rivals Hitchcock's and you can't put it down. This moving novel reaches into the darkest corners of the human heart and will give you goose bumps and make you feel your heart rise to your throat until the last page.
——People Magazine
This is a carefully crafted and stunning work that covers themes such as "life, love, loss, and guilt", and is also an outstanding and fascinating literary work.
—The New Yorker
Step by step, the book reveals the essence of identity and depicts those trembling secrets - even between the closest lovers, these secrets will still break out and thrive. "Gone Girl" starts with a mystery, and it seems that readers need to dig out the identity of the real murderer, but when you close the book, you can't help but re-examine the proposition of identity.
--Lev Grossman, Time Magazine
This novel is constantly revealing the truth, but it also deliberately creates a maze of confusion... Gillian Flynn uses her sharp tongue to vividly depict the current cultural phenomena. The structure of the book is intricate and the story is told in great detail, making it hard to put down... In a word, this book is extremely interesting.
——New York Daily News
A brilliant novel with chilling dark moments... Gillian Flynn is going to be a hot writer... The first half is a brilliantly written account of a strange landscape, but the second half is where the action really kicks in, and it's so intense! I'll just have to keep my mouth shut to avoid spoilers. Even as Gone Girl gets weirder and creepier, it's full of witty insights into the tenuous power dynamics between men and women, and how couples struggle to control their own destiny in the midst of life. And Gillian Flynn has created a truly chilling villain - wow, who would have guessed. People always say that the dark side of human nature has been overwritten and there is no new way to write about it. But in "Gone Girl", the cruel and cruel devil may make you fall in love with him.
--Jeff Giles, Entertainment Weekly
How could things go so wrong? "The answer is in Gillian Flynn's new work. What kind of trouble will it cause when two people get married but one of them has no idea who the person next to him is? - "Gone Girl" can give you some clues.
-- Carlo Memmott, USA Today
It's simply great: scary, funny, and touching at times, and I wanted to reread it almost as soon as I finished it.
-- Michelle Weiner, Associated Press
This novel describes a marriage that is both hilarious and terrifying, and will make you think about the person next to you.
——Time Magazine
Hard-core readers will enjoy the game of wits in Gone Girl. In Gillian Flynn's suspenseful new novel, a marriage in danger is transformed into a thriller.
—The New York Times
Gillian Flynn has written three masterpieces in a row, and together with female writers such as Kate Atkinson and Tana French, she has pushed the genre to a new height. "Gone Girl" is not a crime novel that focuses on marriage. In fact, the crime and marriage in this novel are inseparable. "Gone Girl" is not only a dark comedy masterpiece (or in other words, the book is a funny thriller, anyway, it has something to do with both thrillers and funny), but also uses a playful tone to reveal the true face of lovers: sometimes, it is your mortal enemy that makes you who you are, and if this happens, you are reluctant to let him go.
——salon.com book review
Gillian Flynn's suspenseful novel is eerie and bloodless, yet still vividly describes violence... There is more than one good drama in the book, and this book is not just a missing case. The hero and heroine Nick and Amy will tell their own stories alternately, and readers will find that marriage has never seemed so menacing, and the words of the protagonists have never seemed so unreliable.
—The Wall Street Journal
Gillian Flynn's new book is a rare masterpiece: Gone Girl is not only thrilling and hilarious, but also holds up a mirror for us to reflect on life... As the lies of the hero and heroine are exposed one by one, Gillian Flynn weaves in many key details with her sharp pen and moving prose, making the plot take a big turn. Don't trust your intuition too much. When you are struggling to cheer for a protagonist, Gone Girl always has a way to shock you.
-- San Francisco Chronicle
Gillian Flynn's third novel is both a fast-paced and a brilliant analysis of the disintegration of a marriage... a masterpiece of ingenious plotting and thoughtful depth.
--The Boston Globe
In my opinion, whether the readers are the new generation who are accustomed to using Facebook or the suspense lovers who like ancient style, "Gone Girl" can be regarded as an excellent crime novel that will leave a fragrance on people's fingertips and linger on for a long time... The characters created by Gillian Flynn are like dazzling poisonous flowers. She has played with the Gothic style in the Internet age.
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
I have never read such a brilliant and chilling portrait of psychopathic personality in Gone Girl. Nick and Amy manipulate each other ruthlessly and mercilessly, often with a sly, dark sense of humor. A wonderfully mysterious and frightening story, in which the book's happy, seemingly normal surface is inextricably intertwined with the dark side that may be hidden behind it.
--Tana French
The layout says it all. When I look back at the end of the year, I firmly believe that I will declare this my favorite novel of the year. Gone Girl is fantastic.
--Kate Atkinson
Let me urge you now: please read Gone Girl. It's as if Gillian Flynn had mixed us a cocktail with battery acid instead of absinthe, and somehow she made it palatable. Gone Girl is a delicious, charming, intoxicating poison. It's smart, brilliant, and hilarious (black humor at its best). The writing is ridiculously good, and the story is truly magical! Please read it, and you'll discover the treasures it contains, and you'll be surprised at how much baggage (and how scary) is attached to the so-called magical.
--Scott Smith
Gone Girl follows in the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's brilliant talent for the first two books, taking readers deep into the emotional world of a marriage on the rocks. It's a startling account of marriage and a timely cautionary tale for an age when dreams seem to be collapsing.
--Laura Lipman
Gone Girl is like Scenes from a Marriage reinterpreted by Hitchcock, ingeniously constructed, constantly surprising, and filled with familiar characters. It’s a love story disguised as a mystery novel that explores the timeless conundrum of a relationship on the rocks: How did we get here?
——Adam Ross
Gone Girl has it all: suspense, no clichés, goosebumps, and a well-crafted plot and powerful writing. As a writer, Gillian Flynn has a knack for thrilling stories.
—Kate Christensen
Gillian Flynn's masterpiece Gone Girl reminds me of Patricia Highsmith at her peak. With Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn has become a master writer of both plot and character: she knows how to weave a gripping story while creating vivid characters.
--Karin Slaughter
I just finished Gone Girl, and after a week of feeling betrayed, lied to, manipulated, goaded, misunderstood, not to mention having all my expectations challenged and questioned, I'm so obsessed with it that I'm seriously considering turning to page one and reading it all over again.
--Arthur Phillips
This book deserves to be nominated for any literary award I know of and is a stunning masterpiece!
-- Sarah Jessica Parker, Golden Globe Award winner
This book is so great! I won’t spoil it for you, but it’s absolutely terrifying.
—Supermodel Cindy Crawford