But in the actual end it doesn’t really matter, does it? It’s not about the list. It’s what the list stands for: honesty and bravery. The importance lies within your ability to even make the list and the fun comes in your willingness to complete it.

Through the gaps between my nana’s fingers, I watched the character of Amy Dunne spin her calculated personality every way she could to get what she wanted. It took me years to understand that she wasn’t simply the antagonist who was trying to get back at her husband, but she was a woman who had been wronged by so many people in her life that she needed to regain control.