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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

51 reviews

crocodilerocklobster's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Miscarriage

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer and Colonisation

kingcrookback's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

This is my second Gillian Flynn after Sharp Objects, and while I rank Dark Places below Sharp Objects, I did enjoy this. It's well-paced and Flynn maintains the tension and intrigue throughout. I wasn't entirely surprised by the ending, largely because the hints were seeded throughout the story well enough that the reveal felt like it fell into place in a way that made sense - which is honestly more satisfying than twist ending geared toward pure shock. I think this might make for a decent reread for that reason. I also enjoyed the exploration of the unglamorous, more unsavory aspects of grief and trauma - Libby's anger, the sluggishness of her depression, her desire to isolate. Like Sharp Objects, this is great source material for a miniseries, in the right hands and with a good cast; shame the 2015 adaptation wasn't well-received.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

velv3tgoldmine's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

loved it loved it loved it until the ending…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book is short to begin with but could have been at least 150 pages shorter. Nothing happened for the first 95% of the book (I track my pages so that’s accurate) the ending was twisty and surprising, but wasn’t really worth enduring the first half of the book. I was comparing this book to Sharp Objects and it doesn’t hold a candle to it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Incest, Child death, and Drug use

leyendoentremontanias's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

mzymcmln's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Violence

olxvgxes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Incest and Vomit

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug use