Reviews with content warning for Suicide - A Flicker in the Dark

I struggled reading the first 19 chapters. It was all over the place at times and lots of ramblings in building the scene. To me it had a lot of unnecessary explanations, and it tend to jump a lot in between the past and present, which at times was confusing. It did finally pick up after chapter 19 but the ending was not what you would have wanted it to in like. I don’t know, overall, it was very challenging to read.

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thismermaidreads's review

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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

2.0

This book starts with an unnecessarily triggering description of a mentally unwell teenage girl. I was able to mentally push past that just to get 80% of the way through the book where the main character does something I CAN’T stand in books and find incredibly unethical. So I know for those reasons I can't rate it higher than a 3...it's getting a two because quite frankly there were just too many oh my God I can't trust these people in her life and like i get it, but also like couldn't she have at least ONE person in her life who could be trustworthy? Oh she did...but yeah they weren't actually so this poor girl (woman) left the book with literally no ONE. Had that plot twist 80% of the way through NOT happened and she at least got a HEA I THINK I could have gotten up to a 3.5 4 star.

I just can't with people who use their horrific experiences as a reason to cheat on an otherwise loyal partner.

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missgrangerr's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Insufferable main character who, you guessed it, makes stupid mistake after stupid mistake while not caring who she burns in her path. I predicted the twist from the beginning, however I do have to say there was a bit where I thought I was wrong. Overall the book was slow, predictable, and had no redeeming characters.

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ellainalisa's review

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dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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coyotecasket's review

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dark emotional mysterious 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

I really liked this book! I've read another of this author's books "All the Dangerous Things" and while I liked that one better, this one was also good. I will say that I didn't really like the characters too much. They were extremely well written, but the main character really annoyed me and made some really bad decisions as the story went on, and it wasn't really in an "unreliable narrator" way like I would have actually enjoyed. The story was extremely compelling though and I found myself not wanting to put it down.

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