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Through the whole story there is a theme of hidden personalities. There's the personality we put out there for the world to see (Cool Amy) and the true personality. I think, in the end, Nick decided to continue putting up a fake front to protect his child. He always wanted children and wouldn't risk leaving the child with Amy. They both get what they want; Nick gets to live in his hometown and have a child, while Amy gets to be the center of attention, retelling her story for the rest of her life. Even if it's only on the surface, they will both be happy in a sick and twisted way.
I love the ending. Life doesn't work out like the movies. Loose ends don't always get tied up. I love that about this book.

Perfect ending. Effed up story, effed up conclusion. How could this story end nicely? I would have felt cheated if it had ended that way!

Great story, but I like so many others hated the ending. Amy got away with not only what she did to Nick, but his father and also putting Mo through hell as well.

It's ironic that the only people that really blatantly wronged Amy where the couple who robbed her...I forget their names. Instead of seeking revenge against them, she lashes out against her husband. Nick was a lousy husband, but come on, he fell in love with a faker.

Beginning with Amy's reappearance, the book fell apart. The ending was contrived and disappointing.

This book had me from beginning to end...umm kind of felt like a puppet on a string? Feel sorry for Nick...very sure he did it...wait! feel sorry for Nick again...holy cow Amy's alive...hate her...wait, they're perfect for each other and don't know it...on and on. And as shocked as I was at finding the last page being "Acknowledgements" when I expected another chapter, I realized the game and just laughed. And of course, thought all night about what came next. Gillian Flynn, love your brilliance and how you always kept the upper hand in this story. You never let us rest. Any other ending would have let the reader relax. Love it!! Guess you're Punch and we're just all Judy's. But please, if your muse allows, we would love to see what kind of spawn will spring forth from the genes of Amy/Nick/crazy Dad/Marybeth/Rand.

Assuming Amy didn't kill Nick for telling her ". . . every morning you have to wake up and be you.", Go and Boney couldn't leave Nick and an innocent child trapped with the "Psycho Bitch". My best guess is Boney somehow gets that fake diary to the FBI's forensic folks to do a little "ink-dating". Even though Amy said she used 30 different pens, it wouldn't take much to prove that thing was only a year old and not the seven years she pretends it to be. Seems to me Desi's Mom who has money would gladly spend it hiring P.I.'s to poke holes in Amy's "justification" story she used to exonerate herself from murder. That could be the basis for a sequel and, of course, Amy would hire "Bolt and Bolt" to defend her against a charge for the muder of Desi (and hopefully not the same for the murder of Nick).

The Bolts might have a "conflict of interest" problem, but Amy's book "Amazing" may well present a few conflicting stories that could help lead to a guilty verdict. How sweet to see the "Amazing Amy" storybook series end with her "writing" her very own death sentence. a. Amy should accept her sentence and let justice prevail, b. Amy should file countless appeals or c. Amy's parents should commit mutual suicide leaving a note accepting blame for the monster they created. The correct answer is a. because "Amazing Amy" would know it's the right thing to do.

The thing that made me love this book so much was that at the end, I still wondered who's side I was on. A part of me completely wanted Nick to win, and a part of me wanted Amy to win. The ending was perifect because it left it up to your imagination.

The ending is definitely not a typical ending. Nothing gets wrapped up neatly, all the bad guys are still out there (except Desi), and we end up hating the two main characters. Personally, I thought it was genius and look! She has all of us talking about it...pretty smart to use controversy as marketing.

I loved the ending, I think it was supposed to leave us hanging. We see that Nick's perfect exterior can only go so far until he slips and says something "wrong". Amy is psychotic, and I think the ending left us with her mulling over something that Nick said, possibly beginning some sort of revenge plot.

I don't think we are supposed to have answers, we are just supposed to imagine the next move that Amy will plot because Nick "stepped out of line"

This was a great book..Can't believe i finished it in 3 days..Amy definitely has some serious mental issues but for me that is what made the book that much interesting of a read.the ending however was a bit disappointing i definitely thought that nick would get the proof and off to the loony bin she goes and he and go would raise his kid and attempt to be normal.but guess this is why its called a cliffhanger.if there is a pt 2 or movie im sold!

I had only one reaction to the ending: she killed herself. She was a day away from giving birth to Nick's child, she wanted the last word, what better evil last word than killing his baby? A life of misery wouldn't be a last word but an ongoing conversation. But as I read these reviews I agree that she could have killed him too. Could've wrong though.

Did anyone else consider that Desi truly was holding Amy hostage? Because he was, IMO. His game was he finally had her where he wanted her, and she could not escape. I thought the ending would center on this....that she ironically got hers in the end by falling into another psycho's trap.

But I was ultimately disappointed with the flat ending. I don't get what was going on in Nick's mind. At one point he realizes Amy is an essential part of his life he could not do without. Then, in the next chapter, he's working with Boney to catch her. Then he's resolved to stay. Then he tells her he feels sorry for her (fails to cooperate with the scheme). I was constantly confused about him, but believe he was an (emotional) abuser in his own right, just like his dad.

But everyone in the story was an abuser when you look back at the cast of characters.

I for one kinda of loved the ending. It makes you realize that this craziness will now be just a part of everyday life which is terrifying and after a while, just a bit boring. Like life. But from her diary entry, doesn't sound like she was too thrilled about his comment of "I feel sorry for you" Everyday life can be terrifying...You just grow to get used to it...or Amy kills you. I don't need it spelled out for me.

I didn’t like the ending because it stretched my credibility too far.

I thought the author’s hypothesis in this book was that when the media become involved in a case no one can receive a fair trial or justice. Amy manipulated the public perception of Nick so much that he was guilty in their eyes before he even went to trial. Then she made it impossible for the police to do more than a cursory examination of Desi’s death.
I barely managed to believe that Amy could have set Nick up so well. That’s hard to swallow given today’s CSI procedures but she did have a long time to plan, was supposedly really smart, detail oriented, had money and was able to write so could create a believable diary.

What I could not accept in the end was that she could successfully cover up her murder of Desi with so few resources and so little time. She couldn’t just go to the hardware store when she needed rope, for example. Twine would leave different marks than rope and that was just one of the holes in her story. Also, his mother had time, money and a lot of motivation to investigate. I know the police were told to back off but we are talking murder and even if Desi’s mother was hysterical it was hard to buy that they simply wrote her off without checking.

As I was reading this book I was recommending it to my family, planning on buying it as a gift but when I finished I told them not to bother.

I think in the end Amy killed Nick and herself (with the baby). She had the last word because despite them all dead she left a book for us to read and believe into, and he didn't have any. The author can release that book 'Amazing' for us the see more of Amy's psychotic thinking.

Great book, and I loved the ending! I think that Nick and Amy were made for each other. He enjoys her sadistic streak and brilliant mind, and even admires her. When he made the comment at the end, I took it to mean life was getting dull, and wanted to rile her up. I loved how the book kept me guessing the whole time!

I kind of figured with the ending that Nick stayed for the baby, but also because he didn't want to make anyone else a victim of Amy's machinations - at least he knows how psycho she is and can be on the look-out for stuff in the future...if he was to leave her, then she would find some other victim and the whole cycle would repeat itself - like with Helen Handy and the guy she accused of date raping...

Seriously... I had to check to see if the last few pages were ripped out of the book!

Michelle wrote: "Does anyone care to explain what happened in the ending of Gone Girl?? I loved the story and got so invested, but then the end just left me hanging. I thought for sure there was going to be another..."
I agree with you, I was looking for a creative and surprising ending, but ended up feeling like it just ended in a middle of a chapter. Leaves me thinking this was done deliberately to make for some sort of continuation or sequel for a mini-series.

I feel like the author is setting herself up for a sequel. With the success of so many trilogies I felt like we were being manipulated into wanting to read more since the last 15% of the book was so lacking. And, if that was not the strategy then the ending feels like the author ran out of steam. The book just lost its way. That is unfortunate. It could have been much more.

I actually loved the ending. True Stockholm Syndrome. Amy eventually manipulated Nick so much that he came to believe he needed her.

I actually thought at one point Flynn would work in a "double Jeopardy" plot where Amy really would get her due..

I loved the book. So intense and I couldn't put it down. The ending wasn't satisfying, but it fit well with the story. I would have preferred to have Nick grow and develop into a better person. For Amy, that wasn't possible. But I was disappointed that Nick did not change. I would have preferred for Amy to get caught and a new and better Nick to get custody of the child. But the author never owed us a happy ending. What a wonderful job of painting these characters and surprising us even to the end.

I hated that Amy got away with it - wanted to see her go to prison. I found it interesting that she never went after the two thieves. Knowing how vindictive she is, I expected Amy to do something about them.

I was the female version of Nick in a relationship with a psychopath many years ago. He was very intelligent, an only child and a lawyer (psyco's tend to choose professions like this in order to manipulate). I was able to excape before it was too late but he had tried to get me fired from my job after I broke it off. I got the last word but feared for myself for years. Nick must have stayed for the baby or he is almost as disturbed as Amy. It's too hard to be in a relationship like that. No, it's impossible!!!

They are both psycho and feed off each other in a totally warped way.

After I finally closed my mouth at the ending, I gave it some thought: Nick's there to protect the child and to try to be a better father than his own.

I also thought about how much Nick and Amy lamented on the first two years of their relationship. Whining about how they weren't themselves and pretty much playing parts for each other. They *thought* they were happy then. Well, perhaps they weren't ready for marriage afterall.

At any rate, I think he's going to have to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his life.

Michelle wrote: "Does anyone care to explain what happened in the ending of Gone Girl?? I loved the story and got so invested, but then the end just left me hanging. I thought for sure there was going to be another..."


I was exactly the same. Sooooo, disappointing.

The ending of the book (or from Amy's disappearance on) seem like the author just lost her focus. The main character, Amy, is just way too methodical to make such a mistake like getting robbed. She sensed it and then did nothing about it.
The author was either trying to make Amy more "normal" by making a mistake OR she just had to make her kidnapping end quickly to get on with her story. Once the robbery happens, Amy is toast. She has no money and must contact someone she knows to help her giving up her plan.
After this, the book just felt "off". It did end in a way that I didn't understand, but this is Gillian Flynn. Her books are meant to be dark with alot of strange things going on.

An ostrich doesn't lay as big an egg as the ending of this much hyped book. Dud. It is so point on and brilliant to start then dissolves into something that the author and editor seem to say, "fuck it. It'll sell. Print it." With a little more of a creative investment or time to reflect there could have been something memorable. Subtle even. But Amy as some crazed sociopath that's ready to settle, well that's not how it started. Truth be told it sucked from the moment she took over the story.

The ending was so obvious! Amy is going to do the same as before and try to teach nick a lesson because of what he said about feeling sorry for her!!

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I really had a completely different take on the ending. Now I am going to have to go back and re-read and see why I went way off the track of everyone else. I thought it was a wonderfully twisted ending where they both were actually writing novels about each other and racing to finish before the other one. I didn't think it was literal, but that there were two books being written by two writers. Amy who always wanted to prove herself to be able to write more than what she did and Nick who wanted to prove he still could write for print media. Maybe I just like to make a happy ending out of two twisted people.

Michelle wrote: "Does anyone care to explain what happened in the ending of Gone Girl?? I loved the story and got so invested, but then the end just left me hanging. I thought for sure there was going to be another..."

Thats just exactly how I felt with it. But in the end I am quite happy with it. I mean what else should have happened. I think this ending does make it look more real...in some way.

what I got from the ending is Amy lives in a fantasy where her power plays have made her husband perfect and every thing turned exactly perfect but in reality he resents/feels sorry for her but she can't control him . I get the feeling he will take the child and leave one day. Go would give him an alibi.

I personally don't agree with the ending i wish it would be different however i also feel that that's the way it was supposed to be. That's what make the book special. It's not a happy ending like in most of other books or predictable or expected. It's different, leaves us tangling... it just matches the whole game of characters of Amy and Nick. I agree that Amy should get caught and I though that these people from the "woods" who robbed her would disclose her to the police once they connect 2 endings and realize who she was in real. That doesn't happen and in the way I think it's just right ending for the whole story of the relationship between two main characters.

Nick should have just gone to the police with the info on Amy and Desi. Boney would have followed up with toxicology. Amy would go to prison, have the baby in the hospital jail ward, Nick would get the baby, Amy would be incarcerated for life or executed. And yeah, people do stay in dysfunctional relationships when they know deep in their hearts they'd be better off alone. You see it every day in abusive relationships that continue day after day.

It should have not been that hard for Nick to see that his wife would self explode if you was taken out of the world she had built in New York and going to a non literary dead zone. Everybody has to worry in their marriage about location, being next to meaningful work environment and family. Second, the power in the relationship was all toward nick and being normal, he took as much as he could get. With Amy in New York with Nick which is what she thought she was buying, but she was betrayed and she should have raised hell with Nick or divorced him. She could have learned to negotiate more successfully with Nick, perhaps studying some assertiveness courses. Nick did seem very very lazy in his field. He should have worked hard for part time work in New York and cut his spending so that Amy could have stayed in her environment. He also could have simply traveled back and forth to Missouri to help his mothers. Yes, Nick is an ordinary every man. Amy could have divorced him and tried again with a new man who wanted to live in New York.

I loved this book. I read it in 3 days. 3/4 of it was the last day. I litterally just finished it, I havent decided whether or not I like the ending. Did I really want amy to be caught? Of course, but would it have been expected? Would it have left me sitting here thinking about it if all was fine and dandy in the end? Probably not. My first response to the end was she killed him. That was her last word. Now I realize that was the point of this. None of know what shes cooking up now n I love it!! And anybody who says they sometimes were on amys side, sometimes nicks, is crazy! Part 2 on, I hated amy. Sure nick was an asshole, but she was a "Psycho Bitch". I'm on "Team Nick!!"

Ok. Maybe Nick didn't get what he deserved but he sure as hell knew what he was getting involved in.
Amazing Amy is just that..amazing.
So amazing she has managed to get her own way by commiting fraud, murder and blackmail.
We went through all the emotions a human can feel whilst reading this book.
Well done Gillian McKay.
Utterly briliant.

I didn’t need the ending to be a ‘spelt out happy ever after� for one side or the other. (the Hollywood film way to leave a film audience happy because they don’t need to think as they leave the cinema) But I did think the ending was lazy, really lazy, like the author had just given up, downed tools, and gone out to walk the dog.

The book had its moments and a great twist in the middle. The ending was more or less in line with what I would have expected. For me, the entire book had a dreamlike feel to it, so I don't think it was surprising to have an ending that defied logic or expectations.

The only thing more scary to me than Amy is how many people think the two deserved each other. I saw Nick as a decent guy (with faults, mind you) who made some understandable mistakes - after all, he was married to Amy (what normal man wouldn't be vulnerable to an affair?) Amy was a true monster, one of the great villians of recent memory.

As I said, the book certainly had its moments and Flynn is very talented, but it benefited greatly from publishing industry hype. You give out a hundred (free & unhyped) copies to a random reading audience and what percentage gets past the first fifty pages? I think the number would surprise you. Hype is the industry's best friend. It keeps you going because you think there must be something everyone likes about this. Flynn at least delivered with an interesting story, but it took a while.

Loved the book but the ending seemed too unrealistic and dramatic. I loved how I was constantly changing sides but then I just ended up hating both of them because they got back together. Why would they choose to stay together, they hated each other! Nick seemed desperate to leave his life with Amy so why stay with the looper after what she did to him? Why would he choose to live that life? Maybe Flynn wanted us to see that really they were as bad as each other and deserved to be stuck together, but they had other options so I didn't understand it fully.

Since the baby was due on their aniversary and it was the steel aniversary it made me think of a gun. Though I'm not sure whether I think Amy might use it (on Nick or herself) Or if Nick will use it on Amy after the baby is born. Sure Nick would probably get caught for the murder but At least the baby would be save from Amy. Possibly even raised by Go. A very positive alternative. Either way I like that the ending was a little open. Though the majority of the book I wanted to murder Amy myself.

I got the impression that she was going to kill him because of what he said to her...about having to be her. and she was like...I wish he wouldn't have said that...as if he had done something that they couldn't come back from...

Although the book was disturbing, I couldn't put it down. As for the ending, I was dissatisfied, but Nick loved his child and did what he had to do to protect the baby. But how could he ever trust Amy again? Maybe there will be a sequel.

I don't know, I liked the ending.

I too got the feeling that the author wanted to finish the book and get back to normal life as well as leaving it open for a sequel. It doesn't fit with Nick's character as he said he got the sunny aspect of his personality from his mother and the darker side from his father. Therefore why would he want to bring a child into the world with somebody much darker than his father? I also did not like how he let Go down in the end when his loyalty and love for her is what motivated him whenever he did the right thing elsewhere in the book. I'm glad it was not a too happy ending - I had a dread of him and Boney getting together but this does not feel right either. I won't be reading her next book.

Obviously from the ending it doesn't seem like the madness would cease but the arrival of the baby might just heal the both of them and make them better..

This book was good but a bit overrated. You do end up reading the book for hours, but I got really annoyed that some things that had nothing to do with the plot were to much over-explained like that Lake Hannafan is not named after a civil war hero in long boring sentences that had nothing to to with anything.

I also find that Nick's reaction to the return of Amy was a bit dull. Instead of him freaking out, or feeling free and trapped in the same time... he just said: ''So whats your story wife.

I mean come on... He is almost being sentenced to death row, and he has been searching for her the EEEENNNTIIIIIREEEEEEEEEEEEEE TIME, and he did not even freak out a little.

The ending was not what I suspected and I think with the technology nowadays you can always record a confession anywhere you want. So he could simply build up her trust and talk about it in the near future and record it.

I would say this book is like very pretty girl who is very interesting and you get to like her very much, but in the end the sex with her was bad.