I want to call it amazing but I have to come up with a different adjective since I'm team Nick. So I'll call it stunning, incredible, fascinating, and awesome. It was the roller coaster ride that I didn't want to end. It's one of those where you can't see what's around the corner. Are we going up or are we suddenly going to plummet and lose our lunch? Except for the end. You think you're pulling into the station. You know what's coming next. Then you are jarred to the right and go around for another ride. You are left stunned.
Amy... you are rooting for her in the beginning. Then you are rooting for her on and off even when you find out she's a complete psychopath. When she starts telling you about who she really is, you really want to like her. Her views on men, relationships, cheating and the people we are when we start dating versus the people we truly are, those views are what drew me in. The "cool girl" is the girl that doesn't force her boyfriend to do things he doesn't want to do and she loves everything he does and says. That was who Amy was when she and Nick dated and first got married. Then she didn't want to be "cool girl" anymore.
Nick... you want to hate him and accuse him of being a horrible person, in the beginning anyway. You know he's a liar right from the start. He tells you he is. You suspect he has something to do with the disappearance of Amy. Then you find out that he's a cheating bastard. Now you really hate him. But then you find out Amy has set him up for her murder. She has stolen money from him over the past year and has run away. Nick is left holding the bag. Once he breaks it off with his 23 year old piece of ass, you start to be on his side, at least that's when I started feeling better about him.
The amount of thought and planning that went into the plans that Amy laid out was mind blowing. How does Flynn think of these things? I always on the edge of my seat. One of my favorite things was being able to see how Amy's psychopathy evolved. It went from stalking accusations to rape to murder and then she's the murderer. Her mind games are like no other. The ruthlessness is jaw dropping. Every so often I was saying things out loud like "what?!" "no way!" "oh my god!" and at times I wanted to cover my eyes, but then I wouldn't be able to read. But they are both so incredibly messed up that they really belong together. And of course Amy gets the last word in every sense.
Read this book. I may have given you some spoilers, but you'll thank me when you finish. You won't see most of it coming. You won't believe the mind games one individual can play on so many. And then you won't believe it when you find yourself agreeing with the psychopath.
Enjoy! Read often!
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