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★★★★☆ 3.92 • Goodreads

Craved toxic marriage warfare in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn? Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney weaponizes resentment into manipulative games.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Unreliable narrators weaponize every memory
  • Timeline jumps amplify gaslighting & dread
  • Isolated setting traps secrets—nowhere to run
  • Dark humor cuts through performative marriage lies

If you dissected Amy and Nick's weaponized anniversary games with forensic glee, Rock Paper Scissors serves up another marriage where every conversation is a tactical strike. Feeney traps a couple in an isolated Scottish retreat where resentments metastasize into mind games, their unreliable accounts slicing through the veneer of marital devotion with the same biting precision that made Gone Girl feel like reading your own worst relationship autopsy.

Every conversation is a tactical strike disguised as intimacy.

Timeline fractures mirror the gaslighting itself—past grievances detonate present accusations, and you'll question whether any memory is safe from revision. Dark wit punctuates the dread, turning performative coupledom into spectator sport.

Every conversation is a tactical strike disguised as intimacy.

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What Readers Are Saying

"I love all of her books. I rarely reread a book, but I will likely reread them all. I love a good twist and I didn't see these coming at all." minimalist_coach, Reddit
"This is absolutely, definitely, completely one of the best works that makes me adore and be jealous of the extremely creative mind of the author! YOU SHOULDN’T MISS this book!" Nilufer Ozmekik, Goodreads
"Oooh sounds chilling, right? So I'm all ready for the twists, and I'm flipping the page, flipping the page, and then I reach the very end." Yun, Goodreads

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