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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

30 reviews

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

What a wild ride. There are twists, deep deep betrayal, second guessing. The ending shocked me but at the same time there were signs.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Miscarriage, and Self harm

myreadingdream13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

The main girl makes frustrating decisions. The story veered dangerously close to some compelling ideas and thoughts but forgot all about them for the twist-riddled mess of an ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, Child death, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Vomit

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Child death, Stalking, Addiction, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Sexual content

brigettes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

this book was a pretty cool mystery. 

my main issue is that the clues felt all over the place, and that the main character was kinda annoying. she should’ve listened to when she was encouraged to get help, but oh well, her PTSD gave me a good story to read. 

overall, i was interested the whole time i read this book. it was creepy, and mysterious, and just proves that history repeats itself and that solving a crime is tricky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Mental illness, and Self harm

a total of ten girls go missing in the story

one girl is believed to go missing, but is found.

snoopyfanclub's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

I’m sorry but a 15 year old serial killer who then just stops murdering for 20 years… a perfect sooo perfect fiancé who’s sooo perfect but also CHOKES his fiancé during sex knowing her trauma… he also at age 17 somehow saved enough money for his 13 year old sister to go live in another town alone?? And idolized her dad because it helped him sneak his sister away?????? Whatever dude. She sleeps with this nasty crusty fake reporter for some reason. I hope this dumb therapist moves out of Louisiana, also she never like confronts her own issues with substance abuse. I also don’t think the cops would let you poison someone for funsies during a sting operation. But what do I know?? Actually don’t find it noble for a dad to take the fall for his psychopath son!

Had to skim read because it was so slow, there were points where the dialogue was the only thing worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Violence, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

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

Okay sadly I'm not giving this 5 stars like everyone is, but I could see the appeal of this book.

Now I'm not necessarily saying this book was predictable but I wasn't surprised when the twist came. When I'm reading thrillers I usually have a list in the back of my head on what the twist is gonna be and that one was on my list. But don't get me wrong there were still a few things that shocked me.

Honestly the book wasn't suspenseful enough for me. Like I wasn't on the edge of my seat or anything. But it wasn't too boring to where I was gonna put it down.

I still feel like there was still some unanswered questions that needed to be addressed. Like for example

how did Daniel get Aubrey's necklace? Where would Cooper get the drugs from to drug his victims? To me, Daniel was still a little suspicious. Also, I feel like Cooper's motive was so anticlimactic.

I feel like this book was pretty simple. A decent thriller for people starting out. Not too crazy, but predictable enough to still keep you entertained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Vomit, and Infidelity

jareadforfilth's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was such a thrilling ride and I loved it so much. Just when you think you have it figured out, more things develop and evolve and before you know it, you’re questioning everything you thought you knew all over again. The narration was incredible, she is so good at distinguishing characters. This put me so on edge yall, I was looking around me like 😱😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

karyan1's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Miscarriage, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

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