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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.
- Format: CD
- Author: Flynn, Gillian
- ISBN: 9780804164221
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 5.97 x 1.19
- Number Of Pages: 11
- Publication Year: 2013
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Good mystery. Characters need work
Cherly G. - 6 years 3 months agoI read it in two days because I know her stories always have a good twist. I was guessing the whole time. But the characters were not as solid maybe too trite. I thought the worst of every character and there was graphic sex and gore. Overall a book I expected for #SummerReading
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Suspenseful, unique, murder mystery!
AnaLisa M. - 6 years 4 months agoUnique! It hooks you and grips you til the end!! I loved the story that had totally different aspect and angle than the “stereotypical” murder mystery so that was refreshing! It was was several mysteries in one!
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Gillian Flynn writes some AMAZING stories 10 out of 10, I will read this book again and own.
Crystal R. - 6 years 5 months agoThis book was a wild mystery, you follow her navigating her past. Only, it's not how she had thought it was..
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Who should you believe? A murdered family: A dark and twisted tale.
TAYLOR K. - 6 years 5 months agoI love Gillian Flynn's dark style of writing and the way she depicts the main characters in her novels. I read Gone Girl and currently reading Sharp Objects and in each one, she enables you to connect and adore the main characters while still allowing them to be flawed and vulnerable. Libby Day is a disturbed and damaged woman who seeks to find the truth in her family murders. I like her novels because she provides a realistic perspective from each family member, allowing the readers to see how each family member plays a role in what happened and keeping us guessing. It was a fun yet twisted read; I didn't want to put it down!
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Faint hearts, beware...
Alaura P. - 7 years 10 months agoGillian Flynn has released three novels: Sharp Objects, Dark Places, and Gone Girl, in that order. She is undoubtedly best known for her novel Gone Girl, which was turned into a blockbuster film last year. As someone who has read and enjoyed all of Flynn's novels, I believe one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Dark Places is a novel about a family with an ominous past. We see the story through three perspectives: Libby Day, a woman who survived the murder of her family when she was just a girl, Patty Day, her struggling single mother, and Ben Day, her brother and the prime suspect in her family's murder. As the story switches between these three characters, we find ourselves being dragged along a twisting path of lies, struggles, surprises, and, yes, dark places. Flynn's prose is enchantingly grim and grimy, winding its way into the dark corners of your mind, grabbing you tight and refusing to release you, even when she is showing you something you may not want to see. Dark Places is hard to read, yet easy. Hard because of the undesirable people you will meet and the and dark situations you will encounter, but easy because of Flynn's beautiful word weaving, world building, and heartbreaking characters that you just have to see through to the end. You will not find yourself where you thought you would be.
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