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Heidi

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  • Dark Places: A Novel | [Gillian Flynn]
    Dark Places: A Novel
    UNABRIDGED

    Dark Places: A Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Gillian Flynn
    • Narrated By Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1873)
    Performance
    (1329)
    Story
    (1331)

    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 15-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.

    Glenda Jeffers says: "Riveting but brutal"
    "The first 13 1/2 of 13 3/4 hours were great ...."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What made the experience of listening to Dark Places the most enjoyable?

    I was entranced with this story until the very end. The writing was great. The author's descriptions and comparisons were unique and exacting. Her words made it easy to conjure this miserable little family and their run-down world. The method of weaving today with events 25 years earlier kept you wanting more without the frustration of being "strung-along". Her use of the "Kill Club" was an interesting way to move the main charactor along.


    How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

    Obviously, a different ending. What a DISAPPOINTMENT! I felt like the author just suddenly gave up on her reader (listener) and shoveled out a solution. I'm sorry, but Patty and I are nearly the same age and I grew up in the mid-west. ***SPOILER*** The creepy loan officer from a rural Kansas bank .... no way he would have this solution ... no way ..... ridiculous..... and what a painful to go .... Patty had 4 kids, 3 of them little girls between 7 and 11 years old ..... no way. I felt very let down, especially having invested so much time and having recommended to several others as one of the best audio books (among dozens) I have listened to. Now I have to recant!


    2 of 3 people found this review helpful

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