Book Notices | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn / Divergent by Veronica Roth

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Amazon   I'd been hearing about this book for a while, had a sample downloaded on my Kindle for an equally long while. I'm glad I finally started reading, because once I did, I was hooked. It's been a long time--maybe years--since I've sat down and read for any decent length of time, uninterrupted, immersed in a book. Through some wonderful combination of forces--nothing imminent on the radar, access to comfortable seating, and a book worthy of the time--I was able to do just that with Gone Girl, and I was joined by my daughter, who was immersed in her own can't-put-it-down read. One of the best afternoons of my life. As for the book, it's a wonderfully complex story about a woman's disappearance and the case that quickly builds against her husband. I can't say I bought the final twists of the story, but I enjoyed the experience of reading the book so much that I can't possibly hold that against it.

Veronica Roth, Divergent

Amazon   This is another book that my twelve-year-old compelled me to read. But so far, she has good taste. This was a fast read of the Hunger Games/Twilight ilk: action and just enough light romance to get tween girls swooning. The problem was resolved quite quickly at the end, I thought, but then again there are more books to go in the series, so all is not settled.