Book Review: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn (2nd review on BookGuide)

The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn (Flynn)

This is a short, suspenseful, little novella, written by the author of Gone Girl originally for inclusion in an anthology edited by George R.R. Martin, but which has now been published in a stand-alone edition. The story is narrated by a never-named young woman who has grown up with a hard life, who has figured out the ways to manipulate not only the system, but everyone around her. Working as a psychic in a house of ill-repute, she believes she has discovered an easy mark when a middle-aged women begs her to investigate her home, which may be haunted, and which may be influencing her morose young son. Only, what our narrator thought was going to be an easy con job turns out to possibly be “real” — to be so multi-layered, and to have so many twists and turns, readers may be gasping by end of the story. Definitely a fun, quick read. A nice introduction to Gillian Flynn if you’re unfamiliar with her full-length suspense novels, and a perfect read for right around Halloween.

 

( official Gillian Flynn web site )

 

Read Jeremiah J.’s review of Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl, in the May 2013 Staff Recommendations here on BookGuide!
Read Wyatt P.’s review of Gillian Flynn’s novel Sharp Objects, in the February 2014 Staff Recommendations here on BookGuide!
Read Tracy B.’s previous review of The Grownup, in the February 2016 Staff Recommendations here on BookGuide!

 

Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service

 

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