DNFed at who knows where. 
 Winner of the Goodreads 2012 Best Mystery and Thriller? Did I read the same book? Because 
 No. of thrills I got: 0 
 Granted, I read quite a few chapters, but that was more than enough to tell me this would be another disappointing read. 
 Maybe if this book hadn't been massively hyped, what with the recent movie and all, I wouldn't have been so confused. Confused as to why so many rated it highly when I didn't like it at all. It might have just been a case of 'it just wasn't for me'. 
 I was expecting more from this novel. Firstly, I felt this was very slow-paced. Yes, backstory is necessary and desired in understanding Nick and Amy's relationship, but did it need to be written is such a way that made me fall asleep? 
 And when it got to the mystery part of the novel, when Amy goes missing and Nick is prime suspect, I still didn't feel anything. I felt no suspense or urgency and considering the amount of pages in this novel, the story is dragged out quite a lot. 
 Secondly, the characters. Now I know Nick and Amy aren't absolutely reliable or likeable, for that matter, but I wanted to feel something for them, whatever that something would be. But I didn't. They both fell a little flat and at times just seemed weak and made me dislike them even more. Though this was meant to be thrilling, the characters' actions were despicable but more 'meh' than 'shocking' to me. 
 Finally, the ending. To be fair, after I DNFed, I skimmed through to the end to find out what happens. And reading it, I was so glad I had decided not to finish and drag myself through the rest of it. This is because (view spoiler)[the ending was just a tad weird and messed up. As well, both Nick and Amy just end up in the same situation as before. Why don't they just get a divorce? Nick and Amy should be logical adults and realise that they are not compatible. Amy still has this kind of screwed-up hope about Nick. It's not going to happen. End of story. (hide spoiler)] 
 Although, I found many negative aspects of this book, it did portray the dysfunctional marital relationship problem well from what I read, and the many issues that affect marriage and life in general. 
 Reading the first quarter of the book and then the ending perhaps wasn't the best of ideas. I did probably miss all the action. And maybe, by the middle, the story would have improved a lot and I would understand the characters better. Or maybe not. What pulled this novel down for me were the uninteresting characters and complete lack of thrill. As well, the mystery part just wasn't intriguing enough.