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A review by laurenemma
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
2.0
I found this book incredibly difficult to get into. It was a slow build to any real drama, and I found there was little hints as to finding out who the real murderer was.
Flynn does tend to enjoy writing about complex and troubled characters, but in this novel I found myself completely detached from every character. I felt no empathy, or even sympathy for them.
What further put me off this novel was her writing style. While I found myself completely hooked when reading Gone Girl, where as I found Dark Places a bitter let down. I feel like Flynn blurred the line between young adult and adult thriller fiction. Her writing is sometimes childlike and more suited to young adult, although badly for that matter, and doesn't fully fit with the adult thrillers of her peers.
The story itself had a relatively exciting twist but the build up to this was exhausting. Definitely a poor comparison to her other works. I was sadly disappointed.
Flynn does tend to enjoy writing about complex and troubled characters, but in this novel I found myself completely detached from every character. I felt no empathy, or even sympathy for them.
What further put me off this novel was her writing style. While I found myself completely hooked when reading Gone Girl, where as I found Dark Places a bitter let down. I feel like Flynn blurred the line between young adult and adult thriller fiction. Her writing is sometimes childlike and more suited to young adult, although badly for that matter, and doesn't fully fit with the adult thrillers of her peers.
The story itself had a relatively exciting twist but the build up to this was exhausting. Definitely a poor comparison to her other works. I was sadly disappointed.