Read These Fall Books Before the Movies Come Out
Because book lovers know the real joy of seeing
a movie is....having read the novel or memoir first.
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Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn
432 pages;
Crown
Though
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike have all the charm—and skill—needed to portray the martial
machinations of the world's most upsetting couple ever, it's the inventive plot
twist of the original novel, which relies on the written
words of a certain diary, that leaves you gasping. (Flynn wrote the screenplay
for the film, so maybe we should expect a whole new corkscrew of suspense when
we make our way to the theater this October.)
— Leigh Newman
Published 08/28/2014