Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice" of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer.
Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee.
As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
This is what I say :
My interest in titles by Gillian Flynn peaked towards early this year with the netflix series 'Sharp Objects' While I had a difficult time watching it as a series, I have a feeling I would enjoy it as a book. Such, when I had a chance to do a book exchange recently, I selected Dark Places as I feel it would be similar feel as Sharp Objects.
I love this book. It's the first of my reading marathon last year and I brought it with me during my trip to the capital city. It took me two weeks to complete this book as I am super tied up with other stuff as well.
For a title, it's a good start.
It is a dark interesting thriller and just builds up where suspense is concern and while the ending is quite unexpected, I guess it was time to end and ends it the author did.
My favourite character's Ben and not Libby but I felt adult Ben didn't get much attention from the author and I kinda wish he did but I guess too much attention on him would be dangerous as his silence in the wh0le matter is imperative for the development of this story as he does know what happened.
I was surprised to note that there's actually a movie adaptation which stars Charlize Theron as Libby. I watched part of the thriller and while Charlize is a great actress, I can't really see her as Libby.
You can be sure I will be on a lookout for other titles by Gillian Flynn from now onwards. Any specific titles you can recommend?
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