A review by theteaisaddictive
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gillian Flynn does this thing where she writes about the moral and emotional dregs of humanity in a way that makes you feel disgust and despair at reading any more about their lives, and then she writes it so well that doing anything other than reading the last 80 pages in one intense, scream-inducing sitting is unthinkable. Set-up, foreshadowing, twist in the third act, and finally conclusion — fucking masterful. Goddamn.