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A review by aish_dols
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
3.0
I'll be quick. What is Dark Places about? Seven year old Libby is the only one who survives a family massacre and Ben, her older brother is jailed for killing his entire family. Many years have passed and the truth keeps evolving. It turns out Ben might be innocent but who killed an innocent mother and her two daughters? Libby would try to find this whole truth out as there's nothing as burdening as not knowing something that keeps your mind scattered.
Perhaps I should've started my Gillian Flynn journey with 'Gone Girl'. I've read reviews and feel I would've liked that better. Dark Places is 421 pages and slow paced. I'm all for the rush, the fast paced thrillers and the ones that make me curious till the end. Although you won't guess correctly who the murderer was in this book (trust me, ya won't.), which makes it well written, I once made a good guess at one point in time which was part of the entire murder. P. S. The book also includes a lot that addresses the Satanic Cult Hysteria that was popular in the U.S. then in the 80s. (All these parts were too much really).
'The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.' – Dark Places//Gillian Flynn.
Perhaps I should've started my Gillian Flynn journey with 'Gone Girl'. I've read reviews and feel I would've liked that better. Dark Places is 421 pages and slow paced. I'm all for the rush, the fast paced thrillers and the ones that make me curious till the end. Although you won't guess correctly who the murderer was in this book (trust me, ya won't.), which makes it well written, I once made a good guess at one point in time which was part of the entire murder. P. S. The book also includes a lot that addresses the Satanic Cult Hysteria that was popular in the U.S. then in the 80s. (All these parts were too much really).
'The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.' – Dark Places//Gillian Flynn.