A review by the_midnight_librarian
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

 I should have known by the synopsis I wouldn't enjoy this. I am not a fan of the unreliable narrator trope. I disliked it even more when I realized it was because she was popping pills and mixing it with alcohol as a way to escape her own trauma. We really going to keep going on this trend of psychologists thinking they can take care of themselves and claim they "don't have a problem" when they have a cocktail of pills hiding in their desk?

I also had problems with the tonality of this book that very willfully played ignorance and privilege sentiments that ultimately put a damper on this whole book. By the half way mark I was skimming just to get it over with.