On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer?
I had heard of this title before but didn't really know a description for it. Just reading the description sounded good, plus the male voice part reading it was a person I was somewhat familiar with. As I began listening it got me hooked into the story and I wanted to see what happened. Overall the storyline was very intriguing and a bit of a mystery. However I was not a fan of the language. I have never heard that many f-bombs in a book or in real life like that before. I admit that each time I heard it, I cringed and I knew this was not a book to listen around my kids as I did housework. So the mystery part was good and it was easy to follow and switched well between the husband's storyline and the wife's. My husband had asked if I was going to watch the movie that came out and I considered it until I found out it was rated "R". I have a policy of not watching those rated movies in my life, so I will just stick with the movie that played on in my head and the preview I found of it on youtube.
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