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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

72 reviews

basilica's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

maddwomann's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

sneakysnam's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

Minor: Domestic abuse

deerstalkerbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lauramccarthy's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

georman's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug use, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Fire/Fire injury

cammiem8's review

dark emotional 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

2.25

This books is very difficult for me to review. Living up to its title, Dark Places is certainly the darkest, most misanthropic, most viscerally disgusting book Gillian Flynn has written to date. It is not a pleasant read, yet her prose so expertly invokes feelings of dread and repulsion. And it is repulsive, not even the gore of the murders, but the nasty, offputting details in the everyday of the characters. Not one character is likeable. While Libby isn’t as pathetic as Camille, nor as cunningly cruel and calculating as Amy, she’s the most easily hated of Flynn’s trouble women protagonists. It’s the most seething condemnation of true crime fans (deservedly so) I’ve ever seen, and this coming from the woman who wrote the introduction to I’ll Be Gone In the Dark as a fan of the genre herself. A very interesting read, it certainly not enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Abortion

alex_thomps's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail