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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

4 reviews

radhi_inthelibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

THIS BOOK. WOW. I was pulling my hairs out, grinding my teeth, rushing through the pages and having to back track because I couldn't remember what I was reading and the details were a blur. This was that kind of book. And it's been a long, long time since I had read anything that made me cling to the edge of my seat, had me taking breaks from reading and running around the house to process what I had just read. AHHHH I cannot, it was THAT good!!!

Ok, that was mostly my emotions haha, but seriously it was soooo good in sooo many different ways. I mean the plot twists kept twisting left and right! One moment I had made conclusions and in the next moment I had to erase all the ideas formulating in my head, because there were other things at hand, evidence that pointed in all sorts of directions. And omggg the way I was mentally screaming at the fmc (arghhh I want to cryyy)!!! I thought her soooo dumb and stupid for some of the decisions she made, but somehow all of that stupidity worked out and I was so glad for her initial dumb decisions XD. At other times, she made smart moves that definitely did not work for her and made me understand why she continued to resort to those dumb ones lol. As for the ending, I did not see it coming at. all. whatsoever. You know, throughout the book I thought i was the smart one, because I thought I had figured mystery books out...LMAO I was soooo wrong - I definitely DO NOT have them figured out >_< .

Anyway, go read this. Like right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Murder

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

ktdakotareads's review

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Grief

dhutton1997's review

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

4.0

The book was a rollercoaster of the assumptions made about what happens. I read the last 2/3 of the book in one sitting because I wanted to find out what happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death, Death, and Murder