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Dark Places
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August 2, 2013
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August 30, 2013
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Karen
Jul 13, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Haven't finished this one yet but it already gets 5 stars for Flynn's uncanny ability to capture a sometimes unpleasant, yet profoundly sympathetic, character in the person of Libby Day. Libby Day and I are around the same age, and many things about her tragic situation and psychological problems speak to me. Flynn nails down reality in a way that sends chills down my spine, from the way she describes a family farm going under in the 1980s to the crunchy perms of the same era to the strange arra ...more
Roseann
Apr 14, 2015 rated it really liked it
I must say that I enjoy Ms. Flynn's style of writing. I enjoy being taken from the present to the past to figure out the mystery.

While this tale was not quite as exciting as Gone Girl, it still held my interest and kept me guessing until the very end. If you like a mystery that keeps you saying, "Oh, he did it!" then "No she did it" you will enjoy Dark Places.
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great insight into the workings of the human mind and her characters and very flawed, but somehow likable
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