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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

97 reviews

desiisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

soleilnigro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

avenaper1999's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Pregnancy

kiss/arousement between 15 year old and 10 year old, discussion of child abuse

jillianlottie26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Gillian Flynn always knows how to write a great murder mystery. Took off half a star because I was a little disappointed with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

abigailrosalynn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kiwibirder's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

othersimmons's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

atalea's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Grief and Abortion

mediocrebest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

constancepoplos's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Ok I listened to this in audiobook format and honestly I’m not sure I would’ve kept going if I was physically reading. 
Let’s start with what I enjoyed. Flynn is clearly good at what she does. She got multiple visceral reactions out of me because of her descriptive writing. She’s also great at writing unlikeable characters.
Now for what I didn’t love. Multiple parts of the story felt unnecessary (eg descriptions of Ben and Chrissy together, in depth explanations of what occurred on the night of the murders) to the point that I almost dnf-ed the book. But I pushed through out of curiosity. I also thought the story was slightly predictable. I don’t even read a whole lot of this genre and was able to guess most of the true story of the murders. 
I think to listen to this book would be a good road trip activity but otherwise I wouldn’t necessarily recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Graphic descriptions of blood; murders by gun, axe, and strangulation. More minor but still significant descriptions of sexual acts, some scenes involving a minor. Teen pregnancy with mentions of abortion.