Us book david nicholls6/10/2023 While Douglas Petersen is a middle-aged biochemist with sensible tastes, his long-time wife Connie is a spontaneous and vivacious artist-type-Douglas’s complete opposite. In a much more benign way, that is also the central question at the heart of Us. On the very first page, when Nick Dunne contemplates what his wife, Amy, is thinking, he asks himself, “What have we done to each other?” Remember that while Gillian Flynn’s 2012 psychological thriller – and its David Fincher-directed big-screen adaptation – deals with crime and deception as much as it does with relationships, it also takes an in-depth look at the state of marriage and what years together can do to a couple. No, David Nicholls hasn’t waded into murder mystery territory. Or, at least, a happier, lighter, more well-adjusted version of Gone Girl. Yet once I got into Us, I wasn’t reminded of One Day, but instead of a different best-seller, one that also zeroes in on marriage: Gone Girl.
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