In no other case will it be easier for me to select the three best novels by a writer. In the case of Gillian flynn There are only three novels published so far by this author. Three books that have been enough to establish itself among the great world bestsellers, displacing at times the tormented erotic versions of Gray and his filias.
Emotional black novels, psychological thrillers that lead us from love to dark feelings that branch out as a perversion of the human being. An ability of the author to transform, to awaken contradictions. Remember that of too much love will kill you, of Freddie Mercury, then something like that but transferred to narrative and full of nuances about the lights and shadows of the human being.
Having so far only 3 novels by this author, I can only determine the order, the ranking that establishes my subjective consideration of their higher quality.
3 Recommended Gillian Flynn Novels:
Open wounds
Arrive and kiss the saint, as they say. The first novel by this author was presented both disturbing and refreshing in a black genre saturated with supply and eager for new voices for a market that has not diminished for many years. An investigation between lucidity and madness. The final twist is typical of a Agatha Christie that would have survived until today ...
Summary: Fresh from a brief stay in a mental hospital, Camille Preaker heads to her hometown to cover a series of murders for the newspaper she works for.
For the first time in eleven years, the crime reporter returns to the immense mansion in which she grew up, where she will have to face the memories of her sister, who died in full adolescence; But what most disturbs Camille is the presence of her mother, a cold and manipulative woman who arouses the admiration of her neighbors and who lives obsessed with her health and that of her loved ones.
With the local police overwhelmed by the facts, Camille will carry out her own investigation, challenging the rigid social norms of a small town in deep America.
Finalist for the prestigious Edgar Noir Novel Award and recipient of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Gillian Flynn's first novel is a thriller passionate that portrays the complicated relationships between sisters, mothers and daughters, as well as the subtle violence that surrounds family ties.
Dark places
Trauma, an event that always sifts through any story. Necessary exercise of empathy to understand the motivations of someone whose life is violently fractured. Subject of study of psychoanalysis, trauma ends up being a bad fantasy chemically modified by memory, in order to continue living ... Revisiting is always a bad idea ...
Summary: Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were victims of what the media called the Kinnakee, Kansas, Farm Massacre.
She saved her life and testified against her brother Ben, whom she pointed to as the culprit. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club - a secret society obsessed with famous crimes - locates a Libby in frank decline and wants her to help them dig into the loose ends of that night, perhaps looking for some evidence that will absolve Ben.
She will agree to remove the past and reconnect with people she wanted to forget, as long as she receives some kind of fee in return. What Libby does not know is that an unimaginable truth will emerge and put her back in the same situation: fleeing death in a mad race.
Gone girl
Love and hate. The balance between the extreme. Everything exists thanks to its opposite, but to what extent a coexistence condemned to noise can be prolonged. Where can a worn relationship lead?
Summary: On a hot summer day, Amy and Nick set out to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary in North Carthage, on the banks of the Mississippi River. But Amy disappears that morning without a trace.
As the police investigation progresses, suspicions fall on Nick. However, he insists on his innocence. It is true that he is strangely elusive and cold, but is he capable of killing? Gone girl it's a masterpiece, a thriller brilliant psychological story with such a gripping plot and twists so unexpected it's impossible to stop reading.
A novel about the darker side of marriage; the deceptions, the disappointments, the obsession, the fear. A current x-ray of the media and its ability to shape public opinion. But above all it is the love story between two people madly in love.
