I'm Portuguese, I can get the themes about the American Dream and American values but, there are some universal themes there, about love and greed and wanting to feel relevant, these feelings are common to everyone but they take on different shapes in different cultures.

Btw it's one of the few cases I thought the movie was better than the book. I bought the book in a rush because I was going to watch the movie and I wanted to read the book first, I thought the book was ok but the movie is a work of art.

I disliked the ending of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. It had an awesome beginning and for a while it was such a page turner and I was expecting a really juicy ending but then we get that mellow, romantic ending.

I'm with you, I can't understand the hype around "Gone Girl", crappy book overall and such a crappy ending. I loved her other smaller book, I think it was called Little Liars (edit the book I'm thinking about is "The Grownup")

Oh my I was going to mention these two books exactly!!!! I hated both those endings! "The Guest List" was meh from the beginning but "The Silent Patient" was coming along nicely until that terrible, lame ending!

Ohhh I love it so much. I follow Lori on Instagram and every time I see her posts I remember her book and how amazing it is. It was such a candid, emotional book that looks at people and their problems with a level of empathy I can only aspire to. And yes, Julie was my favorite too, just thinking about her makes me want to cry. Btw I didn't know the author mixed her patient's stories, I assumed she reproduced them with their consent ahah thank you for teaching me that