Gone Girl & my reasons for DNF-ing it

Gone Girl is famous for its cool girl monologue and feminine rage. I saw the movie first before the I bought the book and it was a mistake. 

Before you judge me for not finishing this book, I want to highlight all the positive key points first:

The first part of the book shows us the reality of marriage, that it's not always rainbows and butterflies. Since I already saw the movie, it was no stranger to me that Nick fell out of love with Amy and wanted divorce after taking Amy's money to fund his so-called business named, The Bar after his retrenchment in New York. 

It also shows us Amy's POV. And like any other girl and woman, Amy wants to save her failing marriage. The author did a splendid job in detailing Amy's exhaustion in trying to keep her marriage in one piece. 

"Marriage is compromise and hard work, and then more hard work and communication and compromise. And then work.", -Amy Elliot Dunne.

I don't know about you but the idea or should I say the reality of marriage, of falling out of love while being married, and not being able to fix it real fast scares me. 

And then here's the cherry on top: Nick cheated on Amy, and that's also the reason why Nick is adamant about getting a divorce. Well, not exactly adamant, but itching for it since he was able to extend his affair with his student for a year. Letting Amy plot her scheme against Nick. I'll have to give him credit for that. And this was Amy's turning point: from a loving wife to a scheming wife. 

The thought of losing your feelings to the person you're married to is sad, shitty, and scary. And that's a triple S for y'all.I know that everything happens for a reason. People fall in and out of love quickly, and one should know how to pick up the broken pieces, glue them all back together, and function properly. At least that's what society wants us to do.

Nick did a great job in adding fuel to the fire of my dislike for the patriarchy.  It amazes me up to this very day how it's easy for them to get away with things and to not think of the damage they've caused. ( This is for another story. )

I enjoyed reading and understanding why Nick did what he did. His need for validation and for him to feel in power again, masculine, and on top of his game fascinates me all throughout the experience of reading the book.

However, as a girl I will always relate to Amy. And I will always justify the horrible things she did to Nick. I understand that hatred and why Nick deserves it. 

Now, the reason why I stopped forcing myself to finish a 494-page novel. I stopped it because of the unnecessary parts, the unnecessary characters, and the unnecessary the unnecessary details. Surely, this could have been shortened, but no, the author decided to torture us by adding more words and scenarios. Some pages became boring and tedious to read. Until such a time it was already hard for me to pick it up without yawning and getting distracted easily. 

I might reread this but for the meantime, this goes back to my shelf. 

This isn't exactly a comprehensive analysis of the book just my feedback and thoughts about cheating, marriage, love, partnership, trust, and all things that make us go crazy over love. 

Xoxo,

E.