In this chapter, the narrator laments the state of affairs in the world of love. He laments that love is hopeless, and that the only thing that can be done is to follow our own heart. He compares love to a book that is nearing the end of its life, and laments how love can make us feel alive, but ultimately, it makes us realize that everything is because of us. The narrator then launches into a scathing critique of Gone Girl, calling it a "vulgar paragraph" and a "verdict against the world." The narrator wonders aloud if the film company knew this, and wonders aloud why the author is so cynical. He wonders aloud how the author could have written such a scathing review after watching the movie, and he wonders aloud whether the world is ending. He then wonders aloud about the author's "tyranny," wondering aloud why he did something as "out of character" as going on such a trip.