The Grownup
By Gillian Flynn
- Release Date: 2015-11-03
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.
A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan’s terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan’s teenage stepson, doesn’t help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it.
“The Grownup,” which originally appeared as “What Do You Do?” in George R. R. Martin’s Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world’s most original and skilled voices in fiction.
Reviews
Horrible
2By Li #2020It feels like I read half of a book for $6.99 you have to give a little more. I will not be looking for the sequel cause I feel like I’ve been gagged!Too short
2By JeanneInDallasTxThe length of this book barely qualifies as a short story!. Very disappointed.Unremarkable
2By laurenmarikoSo predictable. Characters are cliche to the point of being boring. So much unnecessary set up and then a sloppily quick storyline.Very intriguing until until it stopped short. Kind of fun for the imagination though.
3By google photos is da bombThis book is the usual dark, clever story you’ve learned to expect from Gillian Flynn. I thoroughly enjoyed it until the end. The problem is that you suffer from whiplash by the sudden stop. While I’d love for the story to continue… part Ii perhaps? I wonder if Ms. Flynn is challenging our imaginations as to how this plays out. I’m certainly going to think on it…Disappointed
1By JBlack615So, firstly, I made the mistake of assuming this was a full on novel. The book is only 80 pages long. I was really looking forward to this story because I love everything else Gillian Flynn, but I was truly disappointed with this story. It started out fairly decent but the ending was atrocious.Quick little read
2By Shoegal4088Seems unfinished. Not at all like any of her other work.If you like Flynn’s writing style you will enjoy this short story
4By KenzringoI’ve noticed a lot of people were upset they didn’t realize this was a short story, though the page number is listed. If you enjoy Flynn’s writing style, you will appreciate this creative and brief story with dark undertones.Inspiring
5By Alex De GreatThis is a book that I believe shows the art of storytelling. No pun intended.Waste of $2.99
1By Jace_HThis book was a promising in the beginning but had a ridiculous abrupt end. Waste of time and money. I’d give it zero stars if I could.Cheated
1By Missy mannSo I love the writing so much I flew through the first chapter and bam, it was over. I must have missed the part that this was just chapter story. BooRipoff
1By MgmississippiDo not buy this. It has no endingUnfinished
3By Jsf02It seemed like the book had a great story going and then just ended.Quick read
5By Kell-Bell-12This was a great suspenseful short story. The ending kind of left us on the edge of a cliff. Now to patiently wait for another piece from Flynn.Yeah- really! And yeah - seriously!
5By JulesVB25People who give this book a bad review are the kind of people who need their stories spoon-fed to them and then tied up with a little bow. This is a short story that is both amusing and thought provoking. It doesn’t give you all the answers, but, hey, that’s life for ya!Quick Read
4By Littlem316Great quick read, but wish it was longer!I wish I had known it was a short story
2By KSjo2001Would have been nice to have known it was a short story before I purchased it and wasted my moneyGood but abrupt
4By LalubelleI truly hope there is a part 2 this short story........ I was left earning for more information and the next step I the plan.August 17, 2017
3By Bryan Jimenez-DorantesAlthough the beginning of the book caught my attention on how she was giving hand-jobs the story went everywhere caught up with the wife's husband and a killing story weather the kid or the girl was right. Fast and easy to read, really enjoyed it.Not her best at all.
3By GhoulestI love Gillian Flynn but this felt rushed and trite. The protagonist tries to be clever far too often and it's distracting. The ending is also extremely lackluster and anticlimactic. It's not a bad plot but it's executed poorly. Overall I'm a bit peeved that I spent $3.
