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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

36 reviews

ajanel98's review

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

It took me almost half the book before I really go into it. I found the beginning to be very slow and almost boring. It was an almost DNF but I powered through and finally finished it! The story really picked up about halfway through and I did enjoy the plot twist at the end! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I was definitely impressed with the ride that Stacy Willingham took me on. I can't say I loved Chloe, she was definitely a flawed character in many ways, and those flaws were perfect for delivering the story. I did guess the final solution very early in the beginning, which is why I've taken off a quarter star. I haven't taken off more, because I spent the next 10 hours second guessing myself and convinced my original guess was wrong. However, that's the mark of a good thriller, you should never quite know where everything stands. All the clues really were there, some of which were clear, some of which were only obvious in hindsight. I also appreciated that Willingham wrapped up each of her clues and loose ends succinctly at the end without it feeling forced. I will say that I found it to be a bit slow for a little while since we joined Chloe in all her introspection but once we started getting hints and teasers it picked right back up. Then the last two hours or so were a binged rush that I didn't want to turn off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

e_faith_172912's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking

soniaa5's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, Self harm, and Murder

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book blew me away. The slow burn killed me & I was really ready for the ultimate disappointment at the end but it definitely held up. I feel like it took forever to get to anything that was really exciting though & more things could have been sprinkled throughout instead of holding it all for the last 30%. Another thing I really struggled with is the flashbacks or more so day dreams, I feel like they could have been better separated because I was so lost at some points that I had to be like what time period are we in & what exactly is going on? Just a space between paragraphs would have been a little helpful instead of just jumping right into things 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Vomit, Sexual content, and Gun violence

aprilblues348's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

kmyllek's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, and Vomit

sarahmaemae's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

tawynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use