I started reading this book and realized about 10 pages into it that I have read it before in the past. Having no recollection of what happened in the book other than knowing it was familiar I continued on. Maybe logic should have told me, if it were a story I liked particularly I would have remembered it?
What drew me in? The front jacket. Highway 66 sign with the Arch in the background. I'm a Missouri girl and the cover is what got me.
This is a dark tale about three women, a mother and her grown daughter and teen daughter, all of whom are quite disturbed in different ways. If you are pulled into what is dark and bad in life, by people who self-hate and abuse their bodies and souls, then this is a great book for you. I, however, found it wrought with deep seated issues that sometimes were completely unnecessary for story development.
As I said once before, I don't like writing a CliffNotes version of ta book as proof that I read it, I don't want to give the story away and ruin it for another reader - I prefer impressions and how the story made me feel. With that said, it's a good story about all that can go wrong in mother-daughter relationships, with a small town double murder as the main story line. I wouldn't recommend this for a young adult though (someone under 16) as there are quite a few adult moments and situations.
If you'd like to visit the author's website here is a link http://gillian-flynn.com/.
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