re: Gone Girl thread, readers only please - Warning: *SPOILERS*

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I wanted Amy dead or in jail. But that's not why I hated the ending. I hated the ending because I find it hard to believe that their situation realistically could end without one of them dying/going to prison. Them staying together as a couple is beyond absurd and you sort of have to suspend reality to buy into it.

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Well it is a novel, you're sort of suspending reality the whole time. I find it hard to believe that a real person would say "poignant" or "moony" so much too.

I also wanted Amy to die, I thought it would have been cool if a few years later, the whole family is on a cruise. Amy is standing with their son on the deck, leaning on the rail overlooking the sea. But the kid is actually a psycho baby and he pushes her into the ocean. Then Amy is missing again and Nick is all "Aw jeez, not this again!"