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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

33 reviews

robin_reads's review

adventurous dark 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

This definitely kept me up past my bed time and it was worth it. 
At time the main character was infuriatingly stupid but it’s better than her being a Mary Sue, I guess. 

Didn’t see the twist coming with the reporter being the kid. I thought he wasn’t going to be a reporter though. 
I’m also glad this doesn’t end in an all round Happy End and they lived happily ever after

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage and Infidelity

spocksfeelings's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

hamohero's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Physical abuse

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

i actually really liked this. i try really hard to not put a ton of thought into guessing who or what the twist is in thrillers so i don’t ruin the experience for myself, and that worked in my favor for this one. there was a bunch of twists and turns with a mix of unreliability. some basic tropes but they were written really well. i enjoyed the writing quite a bit. i didn’t like some small parts and also the unreliability of the narrator and why she was unreliable. this book felt like if the writers of criminal minds and pretty little liars wrote a book. i overall enjoyed reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

rrose23's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

collinsd's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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: Child death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

owlliecat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was skeptical during the first part half of the book, I thought I had the plot figured out. I was pleasantly surprised though with the twist ending. 
The only cons I have with the book was how many twists there were near the end, it *almost made the ending too confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy hot damn! I’ve got whiplash!

4/6/23 - I didn't like it as much as I did the first time I read this. 4 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Child abuse

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Stalking, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

taelights's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

This book had so many fun and unexpected twists I absolutely loved it. I had thought I figured it out at about 50% in and had two theories I was really leaning towards and just when I thought one of them was it the last twists slapped me so hard out of nowhere. 

I almost gave this book 4 stars due to me being genuinely shocked by the ending but I have settled on 3.75 because I found the main character often annoying me. I thought a lot of her decisions were very dumb and dangerous plus like I get that she has trauma from her childhood but that doesn't excuse her actions or dangerous and illegal practices when it comes to taking pills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy