Comments on: Dark Places, Gillian Flynn

By: Care

Care — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:01:31 +0000

I own this! no, wait. Somebody loaned it to me and it sits forlorn on my borrowed-from shelf. I’m going in reverse order, I guess. I read Gone Girl and want to get to this soon.

By: The Literary Omnivore

The Literary Omnivore — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:15:42 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Interesting! I just find American Gods so tightly written and well-paced that it's hard to go back to a time when Gaiman was still a little rougher, thus my preference for reading bibliographies chronologically.

By: litlove

litlove — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:38:22 +0000

I’ve been having this interesting online conversation with a writer friend about Gillian Flynn. We think she is mining this new vein in women’s fiction which is about women being bad without being apologetic for it, about them being out and out bad and determined to get their way and all the things that were VERBOTEN in the Ladies’ Handbook, which has been reprinted since the Gutenberg press got going. We were comparing this to a lot of male thriller writers (Gresham in particular) who like male characters to lie and cheat and betray a bit, but still be fundamentally good and lovable. It’s a new dark-and-unrepentent vein for the female characters in Flynn, and you’ve gotta love someone trying out something new and daring. I will be most interested to know what you think of Gone Girl.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:18:34 +0000

In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy). I will let you know what I think of Gone Girl when I read it.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:18:16 +0000

In reply to zibilee. Oh God there were just SO MANY FLASHBACKS.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:16:16 +0000

In reply to The Literary Omnivore. Aw, no it's not! They're just different. I actually love Neverwhere better. Because the Marquis de Carabas.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000

In reply to Alice (@alice_sings). What have you read of hers?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:07:19 +0000

In reply to Charlie. I'm sure I will! I expect to like Gone Girl quite a bit!

By: NWK (@MumsyNancy)

NWK (@MumsyNancy) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:22:26 +0000

I sense that Gillian Flynn is not my girl, although I will probably give Gone Girl a try. I’m not apt to persist with characters I cannot like.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:17:30 +0000

In reply to Kayleigh. YESSSSSSSS but do be aware that White Is for Witching is the bestest of best of her novels. The Opposite House is beautifully written but not as cool (in my opinion). Mr. Fox is quite good though! Read that one!