<P> A film adaptation, directed by David Fincher and written by Flynn, with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike starring, was released on October 3, 2014 . The film was met with both commercial success and widespread critical acclaim . </P> <P> The first part of the novel centers around Nick Dunne and his wife Amy's marriage . It alternates point of view between Nick and Amy, with Nick describing their relationship in the present day and Amy's diary entries depicting their relationship in the past . Their perspectives on their marriage are very different - Amy's diary portrays Nick as an aggressive, moody, idle and threatening husband while Nick describes Amy as someone who is needlessly difficult, anti-social, stubborn, and irrationally perfectionist . </P> <P> When Nick and Amy both lose their jobs in New York, they relocate to Nick's hometown in Missouri to help take care of Nick's sick mother . This causes their marriage to take a turn--Amy loved their life in New York and hates living in the midwest, and she soon begins to resent Nick for making her move to his hometown . </P> <P> On their wedding anniversary, Amy disappears without a trace, and over time, Nick becomes a suspect in her disappearance . Among other reasons, his lack of emotion about Amy's disappearance and the discovery that Amy was pregnant when she went missing lead both the police and the public to believe that Nick may have murdered his wife . </P>

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