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A review by pratiksha95
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.25
This is the third book of hers that I've read, after Gone Girl (loved it) and Sharp Objects (read like a 1st book but still good- I did not see the ending coming). The narrator is Libby Day, whose big brother Ben is in jail for murdering her family when she was very young. He is convicted basis her testimony, and years later in her 30s, circumstances lead her to start investigating what really happened that night. Maybe Ben wasn't the real killer?
I found it quite gripping throughout; the chapters are narrated by Libby in the present, interspersed by some from the perspective of different characters like her mom Patty- so the narrative goes back and forth between the present and the past, around the incident. The characters were miserable and flawed but I found them sufficiently developed for the purpose of the story. The ending was slightly disappointing and seemed a bit unbelievable. It seemed as if Flynn wanted it to be so unpredictable that she fit in too many events. Unfortunately, I could see through at least a part of it (the more believable one) because of the golden rule that it's never the person who everyone suspects, and the book makes it clear who everyone suspects. I might have preferred an ending that was more meaningful than crammed with action but I guess that's a personal choice for the author to make.
Overall, good, gripping read and I wouldn't not recommend to others.
I found it quite gripping throughout; the chapters are narrated by Libby in the present, interspersed by some from the perspective of different characters like her mom Patty- so the narrative goes back and forth between the present and the past, around the incident. The characters were miserable and flawed but I found them sufficiently developed for the purpose of the story. The ending was slightly disappointing and seemed a bit unbelievable. It seemed as if Flynn wanted it to be so unpredictable that she fit in too many events. Unfortunately, I could see through at least a part of it (the more believable one) because of the golden rule that it's never the person who everyone suspects, and the book makes it clear who everyone suspects. I might have preferred an ending that was more meaningful than crammed with action but I guess that's a personal choice for the author to make.
Overall, good, gripping read and I wouldn't not recommend to others.