Dark Places - Wyrms.de

audio cd, 11 pages

Published July 2, 2013 by Random House Audio.

ISBN:: 978-0-8041-6422-1

(2 reviews)

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas." As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived--and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her. The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details--proof they hope may free Ben--Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee, she'll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club . . . and maybe she'll admit her testimony wasn't …

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas." As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived--and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her. The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details--proof they hope may free Ben--Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee, she'll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club . . . and maybe she'll admit her testimony wasn't so solid after all.As Libby's search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the narrative flashes back to January 2, 1985. The events of that day are relayed through the eyes of Libby's doomed family members--including Ben, a loner whose rage over his shiftless father and their failing farm have driven him into a disturbing friendship with the new girl in town. Piece by piece, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started--on the run from a killer.From the Hardcover edition.

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Kadomi reviewed Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Review of 'Dark places' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Another Gillian Flynn novel that I really enjoyed greatly. Compared to Gone Girl and Sharp Objects it felt...gentler somehow, but it was definitely on the dark side again.

The story is split into two parts, with chapters alternating between Libby Day in the present time and her mother Patty and her brother Ben on January 2, 1985. In the night from January 2 to 3, someone killed all members of the Day family in a massacre, with only 7-year old Libby able to escape the murders. Her 15-year old brother Ben was arrested for the crime, mostly because of Libby's testimony.

In present time, Libby lives from day to day, aimless, the perpetual victim, living off the royalties of being a survivor. This changes when the Kill Club enters her life, offering her money to speak about the massacre. The Kill Club believes that Ben is innocent and want to …

Another Gillian Flynn novel that I really enjoyed greatly. Compared to Gone Girl and Sharp Objects it felt...gentler somehow, but it was definitely on the dark side again.

The story is split into two parts, with chapters alternating between Libby Day in the present time and her mother Patty and her brother Ben on January 2, 1985. In the night from January 2 to 3, someone killed all members of the Day family in a massacre, with only 7-year old Libby able to escape the murders. Her 15-year old brother Ben was arrested for the crime, mostly because of Libby's testimony.

In present time, Libby lives from day to day, aimless, the perpetual victim, living off the royalties of being a survivor. This changes when the Kill Club enters her life, offering her money to speak about the massacre. The Kill Club believes that Ben is innocent and want to find out the truth. In flashbacks we learn more about the past. By the end of the book, chapters get ever shorter, the pacing more frantic, as both Libby learns about how the murders happened, and the reader witnesses the crime through the eyes of the other Days.

The twist at the end was not fully surprising, but it was exciting nonetheless, and once again Gillian Flynn shows the ugly sides of small-town America, dealing with subjects such as satanism craze in the 80s, drugs, child abuse and of course murder.

Libby is a very interesting character. Like most characters in Gillian Flynn books, she's not fully likeable. She lies, she steals and she procrastinates. But there's a good side in her, and there was a point I was even moved to tears.

My rating: 4.5 stars. Highly enjoyable.

Esteban Torres

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Aug. 23, 2019