A review by l_bookss
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

3.5

I listened to the audiobook of Dark Places, so I will first comment on the narration. Each character had their own narrator, and I thought they all did fantastic job! They had good inflection in their voices, and the different voices really helped draw me into the story. On to the actual book - I liked it! it was a slow starter, but once you got about halfway through it really picked up. The main character, Libby, gave me “A Girl on the Train” vibes. She started out the book in this really dark place (hence the name). Her mother and three sisters were murdered 24 years prior, allegedly by her brother, and she was the only one to escape. In the present day she starts to question her testimony, realizing she was coached to say things that made her brother look guilty, and decides she owes it to him to find out what really happened that night. This leads us to the bulk of the story jumping back and fourth between the present and the past. We see the real story unfold in the past as we watch Libby search for the truth in the present. Overall this was a pretty intriguing story, and the mystery aspect was really good. I listened to this with a few people in the car on a road trip, and it was fun to pause and come up with different theories about what really went down. I took off a few stars because 1. It was really difficult for me to get into, and 2. the author had an extremely detailed writing style with lots of unnecessary details which, at times, I found kind of exhausting. I would probably recommend this book to the right person, but its definitely not for everyone. It has some pretty dark themes/violence, so definitely check trigger warnings!