Apr 30, 2023sachslc rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I love Gillian Flynn's books and to me this was my least favorite of her books. She's an incredible writer and really brings you into the book. It's hard to put It down. To avoid spoilers I thought the end of the book ruined it for me. It…
Nov 23, 2022LibrarianSM rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I felt this book had good bones but overall the plot of the book just fell through for me. The build up of the story completely fell flat.
The three storylines that the reader follows are very compelling and I found myself drawn into the…
Jan 27, 2022Mallory1197 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I hate that I'm doing this because I LOVE Gillian Flynn's other books. But this one, fell so flat for me. The characters don't feel real to me at all - their choices are really far fetched and their dialogue felt cartoonish, almost like a…
Feb 19, 2021voltdec rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I read Flynn's book Sharp Objects and wanted to read more. This is a very good and interesting book that will keep you in suspense until the end.
Maybe it's just the books that I've read recently, but I can't help but be unimpressed by…
Feb 03, 2021star2014 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This was another of Flynn's novels that I enjoyed very much. If you have read this novel , or her previous ones, you are familiar with her writing style, subject matter, themes, and characters. Like Flynn, I guess I have a fondness for…
Jan 27, 2021rlancas3 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I couldn't put it down. I found character development to be well rounded and revealing. Language is dark. Subject is dark. Title is, well, dark. I loved it. May have contributed to nightmares I was having now that I think about it. This…
Nov 21, 2020hannahbfox1 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Interesting story and I liked getting different points of views from the characters. Flynn writes in a way that makes it easy to visualize the settings and characters. Definitely a slow burn, and would recommend it, but I liked Sharp…
Another great thriller from the author Gillian Flynn! It has a slow build, but will pay off in the end. It was easy to put down at first, but as you get about half way through it things pick up where you feel like finishing it feverishly.…
Apr 11, 2020lunabookworm55 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I still love Gone Girl the most. I would classify this as a slow-burn mystery thriller rather than a shocking thriller. I liked how I was half right with my guess. She wrote a main character that I cared about, which is great! She tackled…
Mar 13, 2020BioCook rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Someone told me that Gillian Flynn has somewhat of a formula for her stories. I definitely saw what they meant when I read this book after reading "Sharp Objects." However, it was a very fascinating read with a unique plot line following…
4/5 on Amazon. Same author as Gone Girl. I think I watched this movie. Family killed as a little girl, she testified against brother, as adult finds out truth.
Oct 08, 2019RescueDog rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Not just Dark Places, but Very Dark Places. I didn’t really like this book very much. Hard to enjoy a book when you don’t like any of the characters. It was a good job by the narrators & a well written book. Just not my cup of tea.
Jul 26, 2019EljayJohnson rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wow. Another very dark and very engrossing offering from this author. Her first, Sharp Objects, was probably more jarring and shocking, and therefore more memorable, but this was also an excellent read. Libby was an infuriating and…
Mar 31, 2019tiamek rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Congratulations to those who gave up on this book. I didn't. I made the mistake of wasting my life away on revealing the big surprise at the end. Because nothing could explain the story, and when everything was to be explained at the end,…
Mar 28, 2019izzy_bell rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I am a big fan of Gillian Flynn, and this was an engaging read for the most part. It was hard to get into a rhythm of reading --Libby comes of as an incredibly annoying character initially, but it is interesting to see her point of view…
Mar 13, 2019redoute rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is my favorite Gillian Flynn novel. It has a very tight and credible plot, which unravels at a relatively quick pace. The plot tracks real world events in a very believable way.
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