Dark Places in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jul 31, 2015 Piepie | The Napping Bibliophile rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense-and-thrillers, page-and-screen, read-in-2015

This book is un-put down-able! I wanted to just read and read and read and find out just exactly what happened to the Day family on that cold, lonely night in January.

Libby is not a likeable character. She's lazy and she steals. But for some reason I got inside her head and I saw how she grew up and what she was raised in and how she ended up being dedicated to finding justice.

Ben was interesting. Originally he came across as being gothic and satanic, but really I think he was taken advantage o ...more

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Sep 14, 2014 Joan rated it really liked it

Well-paced, excellent characterization. Loved reading the story from the viewpoint of the three views of Libby, Patty, and Ben, the present and that one day in the past when everything changed.

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Jan 18, 2014 Anastasia rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, class-issues, 2014

An interesting read. Not my usual style, but it was entertaining and at the same time, very dark and creepy.

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Oct 05, 2013 Katie rated it liked it

Shelves: books-my-mom-recommends-sigh, things-my-library-will-never-send-m, 2014-reading-challenge

3.5 stars. I expected it to be as glib, disappointing, and excessively disturbing as Gone Girl, but I was pleasantly surprised. The language was vibrant, the writing was solid, and the story was engaging - though it felt a bit superficial and wrapped up a little too neatly.

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Sep 19, 2014 Erin rated it liked it

Although I love Gillian Flynn's work, this was not my favorite. While her other books are easy to get lost in because they feel so real, I did not find this story as believable. Just couldn't get into it overall. ...more

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