Reviews

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

nattylite16's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

joni7824's review against another edition

4.0

I'm glad I read this during the day with happy kitties lol. Dark Places is a demented, gory, dark suspenseful book with characters I'm not quite sure I like. It's is a murder mystery in which Libby's brother Ben is in jail for murdering his Mom and 2 sisters (but did he do it?) but Libby got away and survived. Each chapter is told by the person's perspective and jumps from the present to the past. I'll definitely read another of Flynn's books

crtnybracy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

purplesky02's review against another edition

5.0

Excellent book. Very wells written and thought out. A great page turner! Couldn't put it down.

bee__'s review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars. The beginning and middle just dragged on in my opinion. I wish it was shortened and I could’ve enjoyed it more. I didn’t find myself wanting to read it until the last 20% of the book. It also usually never takes me this long to read a book.

777iffy777's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

robyng85's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ciermae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

angeldevil666's review against another edition

dark

elimds9's review against another edition

4.0

A lone survivor of her family's murder is forced to face the fact she doesn't know the whole truth.

With alternating chapters set in present and the night of the murders, it is a creepy ride as you slowly discover the truth as the narrator dives deeper into that fateful night.

The book starts a little slow and the motivation to get Libby to start investigating the murders is a bit weak but once it starts I found myself needing to know the truth.