If you want anything (perfectly) done, ask a woman

Yes, I brazenly stole words spoken by the Iron Lady, and yes, I totally chose to use them out of context. Some of you hate me by now (like my husband), and some of you are probably eagerly sitting on the edges of your seats, wondering what’s coming.

Today, I would like to introduce you to Gillian Flynn, a woman author who has managed to leave no reader (male or female) indifferent. Her specialty: taking the female villain to a whole new level.

Flynn has so far authored three wildly successful books “Dark Places”, “Sharp Objects” and “Gone Girl”. In all three of her books, Gillian Flynn manages to unnerve the reader with highly disturbed and twisted female characters. Her heroines do not come in pretty packages, and maternal instincts are seldom included. Even her “good gals” are selfish, dark, damaged and acutely aware of abusing their powers for highly questionable purposes.

Feminists have had a lot of trouble with Flynn’s writing, because, as a “self-acclaimed feminist" herself, she never misses an opportunity to create a truly wicked female villain. Flynn claims that her dark and twisted heroines only try to even a field dominated by male villains, thus helping womankind achieve the much-coveted ideal of gender equality.

Whether you want to get in on the controversy or not is up to you, but her writing is gripping, her stories are unpredictable and highly addictive. I can’t wait to read her next masterpiece.

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