★★★ ½
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.
On the day of Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth anniversary – Amy disappears.
Without a trace.
Well…not…really without a trace.
There’s a lot of weird…things associated with the disappearance.
Blood that was messily cleaned up, a suspiciously staged scene and a host of other bits of evidence that all points towards Nick Dunne.
But in the world where the murderer is always the husband…what happens when it isn’t?
There’s a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.
Ahhh… upon a reread. I bumped it down a bit.
Knowing the twist makes everything slightly less exciting.
It was still a fun romp back into this book…but I honestly don’t think I’ll go in for another round.
The first time – when the BIG THING happened – my mind was blown. I was wowed. I could not get over it.
And this round? I thought I would love it more. Because now I could see all the little clues that I missed before… but they didn’t do that
It was still well-written and engaging…but ehhh. I guess finding out the surprise really just didn’t give me anything left to look forward to/anticipate.
Audiobook Comments
Read by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne – together they make this audio truly memorable. Absolutely lovely reading.
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Miranda Reads 
This one’s in my TBR, but yeah…knowing about the plot does make the read a bit dull. No wonder I rarely can bring myself to re-read books.
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Ha. I normally give books about 2 years and I can enjoy a reread. I used to NEVER reread…but now it’s a bit easier cause when I’m going through ~300 books a year, I don’t always remember them as easily 😛
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