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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

240 reviews

bookish_ghost_girl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

A well written first novel that kept me wanting to read it. It wasn't till half way through that I started trying to guess where it was going and who was doing what.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Violence and Suicide attempt

villenview's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Classism

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book. I felt like the ending was slightly rushed though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Stalking

katerijk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

where_mama_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

eerieehobbit's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

emilyjean917201999's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cdkm9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A good suspenseful novel that kept me guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

cladcadaver's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Ambien-feuled thriller

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, and Stalking

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I happened to read All the Dangerous Things before A Flicker in the Dark and, after finishing this one, I actually prefer her second novel over her debut. 

The MC, Chloe, drove me nuts. The continuous dumb mistakes, self pity, stupid decisions, and the habit of letting men walk all over her. It was hard to be on her side because she frustrated me so much.

Also…WHY the random hookup with Aaron/Tyler? It felt so out of left field and unnecessary

The overuse of similes and metaphors/ general overwriting combined with a few little plot holes that bothered me makes it lose some points for me. 

I will say, though, I still enjoyed the journey to the plot twist (even though I ended up kind of guessing what was going on.) Anytime a book makes me feel vivid emotions, frustration, anticipation, anger, etc, I know it has completely sucked me in- and Flicker In the Dark did that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, and Stalking