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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone read "Gone Girl?" [View all]leftyladyfrommo
(19,503 posts)14. I don't think it's just young women.
I know so many women who are a little older - approaching 40 - who just try so hard to be sexually appealing. And it's all such a waste of time and emotion. They should just forget about that whole thing and go do what they love to do.
Did you see that report that said that women are attracted to men close to their own age but men of all ages are attracted to young 20 year olds?
Women should should just give that whole being attractive to men stuff up. Who cares if the guys in the office think you are hot. All that means is that they are having gross fantasies of themselves getting blow jobs from you.
We should give points for not being the "cool girl."
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if only she wasn't also a sociopath is what I kept thinking throughout the whole book.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#8
agree with you and I will shut up now because I am ruining the plot line for you. Where are you
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#19
Exactly. Gillian ruins the powerful feminist message in this book by making Amy crazy. -
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#23
I kind of wished I had read the book before I saw the movie. and Yes, at some point,
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#35
I think Gillian wrapped it up quickly because, by that time, she was tired of living in Amy's
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#13
Understanding how she felt is one thing, justifying/rationalizing the actions she takes is a whole
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#16
I don't know that I don't like her. She is deliciously evil. Like the Wicked Witch in Fairy Tales.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#21
I read the first half and the end. I gave up because I could see they were both sociopaths.
Shrike47
Jan 2015
#33
intersting, in that I did not see him as a sociopath, just lazy and spoiled.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2015
#36