As soon as I read Gone Girl, I read her first two books. Very dark and gruesome, and I loved them.
Me too. She needs to write more books soon, or I need to find another writer whose works are that dark.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:44:48 pm PDT #21261 of 28635
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
javachik - Aug 18, 2013 3:46:31 pm PDT #21262 of 28635
Our wings are not tired.
SJ, right??!
Amy - Aug 18, 2013 3:54:19 pm PDT #21263 of 28635
Because books.
I got Dark Places and I had trouble getting into it -- the protagonist was unlikeable in a way Nick wasn't, for me. I'll pick it up again later, though.
sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:57:23 pm PDT #21264 of 28635
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Truly, I went into a little bit of book withdrawal after I was done with all of them.
javachik - Aug 18, 2013 3:58:12 pm PDT #21265 of 28635
Our wings are not tired.
I found the protoganist in Dark Places to, in the end, be the most likable protagonist out of Flynn's 3 books (she's the only one who's on a path to getting somewhere in life IMO), that said I wouldn't want to have a cup of coffee with anyone in any of her books! Yikes.
sj - Aug 18, 2013 3:59:23 pm PDT #21266 of 28635
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy, I actually loved the protagonist in Dark Places the best. I loved how completely and unapologetically fucked up she was.
DebetEsse - Aug 19, 2013 4:20:50 am PDT #21267 of 28635
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It's the start of a semester, and I have to read a book for class. Anyone have suggestions for good books that deal with "health and aging"? Can be fiction or non-fiction, but I'm not sure how far we can get into supernatural metaphor before I lose my instructor.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2013 7:07:25 am PDT #21268 of 28635
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Madeleine L'Engle's The Summer of the Great Grandmother
DebetEsse - Aug 19, 2013 9:29:45 am PDT #21269 of 28635
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t looks at Amazon
Interesting.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2013 9:55:04 am PDT #21270 of 28635
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Her Crosswicks journals are beautifully written, and The Summer of the Great Grandmother is a thoughtful look at aging and dealing with an independent relative who is becoming dependent. Her novel A Severed Wasp also deals with aging.
Another possibility would be M.F.K. Fisher's collection Sister Age. >[link]