BONUS POST: "What ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘The Girl on the Train’ have wrought" (The Washington Post)
I thought I'd share an article posted recently to author Art Taylor's Facebook page. (Art is a fantastic short story writer, you can find out more about him on his website!)
This is a topic I've covered before here on The Writing Desk, the phenomenon of the "Gone Girl" style of suspense novel and how it has affected any following novels that happen to resemble it, whether by a little or a lot.
This article by "Everything You Want Me To Be," by Mindy Mejia, “The Girl Before,” by JP Delaney, and “Her Every Fear,” by Peter Swanson.
For me the key question in this article, which I'd love to hear your opinions on, is: What is it about these particular stories that has made them so popular in recent years? Or, alternatively, have we reached our limit of "Gone-Girl-on-a-Train" style thrillers and their broken-doll femme fatales, or is there still room for more?
This is a topic I've covered before here on The Writing Desk, the phenomenon of the "Gone Girl" style of suspense novel and how it has affected any following novels that happen to resemble it, whether by a little or a lot.
Creepy stare
vs.
creepy stare!
This article by "Everything You Want Me To Be," by Mindy Mejia, “The Girl Before,” by JP Delaney, and “Her Every Fear,” by Peter Swanson.
For me the key question in this article, which I'd love to hear your opinions on, is: What is it about these particular stories that has made them so popular in recent years? Or, alternatively, have we reached our limit of "Gone-Girl-on-a-Train" style thrillers and their broken-doll femme fatales, or is there still room for more?
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