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2022 Rewind: How Gone Girl Changed Publishing

The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism

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Gone Girl

There was a few year period there where it seems like culture writers were obsessed with the concept of the cool girl. There was a debate about the book and whether it was actually misogynist and not feminist because Amy was the sort of character who made women look bad. And I think one of the things the novel is about is how you need a character like that to have a thriller.

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