Gone Girl Discussion Questions: • There is a difference between enjoying a book
and appreciating that it's well-written. How did you feel about. Gone Girl?
Gone Girl Discussion Questions: • There is a difference between enjoying a book and appreciating that it’s well-written. How did you feel about Gone Girl? • How did you initially feel about Nick and Amy’s relationship? (The first half of the book?) • What did you think about the alternating points of view? Was it compelling, irritating, interesting? • Did you relate to any of the characters in particular? • What was your theory on how/why Amy disappeared? • If your parents wrote a book about you when you were a child, what would the title be? • How would you describe the couple's marriage? What does it look like from the outside...and what does it look like from the inside? Where do the stress lines fall in their relationship? • Amy and Nick lie. When did you begin to suspect that the two were lying to one another...and to you, the reader? • Did you see the big twist coming? How did your feelings about Amy and Nick shift? • The book's dark humor and wit is mentioned a ton in reviews. What passages of the book do you find particularly funny? • Amy quotes the advice "Fake it until you make it." Later, Nick writes, "We pretend to be in love, and we do the things we like to do when we're in love, and it feels almost like love sometimes, because we are so perfectly putting ourselves through the paces"(404). Generally speaking, do you think this is good marriage advice? Do Nick and Amy disprove this advice? • What did you think about the media’s portrayal of Amy being missing? Did you think it was far-fetched or accurate? • Derek already listed his ideal cast for the 2015 movie. Who would you like to see as Nick and Amy? (Already cast: Ben Affleck as Nick, Rosamund Pike as Amy). • THE ENDING!!!! Thoughts, feelings? Does it make sense as the reader? To you, how would it end ideally?
