starkittee 's review for:

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

3.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think that overall this is a good book. It’s a very easy read and the chapters have pretty good cliffhangers that make you want to keep going. It’s 3 stars for me, though, because I am not sure I really enjoyed the writing style of this author as a whole. I wasn’t a huge fan of the way that the main character went into memory in the middle of an otherwise fast paced and/or interesting moment. It really slowed down the momentum of the story and made those moments stagnate a bit. I also found the mystery of it predictable from pretty early on, so the reveals towards the end don’t really hit as hard as they could. I didn’t really connect to the main character either and found some of her leaps of logic very strange. That being said, I don’t think we are necessarily meant to think she is being at all logical, but still, there was just something very frustrating about her that never really gets resolved. There’s more I could say, but I don’t want to go into spoilers. Overall, I liked it enough, but I probably wouldn’t rush to read this author again.