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Dark Places : A Novel by Gillian Flynn (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100307341577
ISBN-139780307341570
eBay Product ID (ePID)72677844
Product Key Features
Book TitleDark Places : a Novel
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicThrillers / Psychological, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Publication Year2010
GenreFiction
AuthorGillian Flynn
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
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ReviewsAWeekend TODAY"Top Summer Read" "[A] nerve-fraying thriller." -The New York Times "Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma." -The New Yorker "Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice inSharp Objects, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In DARK PLACES, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn…has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females….[A] propulsive and twisty mystery." -Entertainment Weekly "Flynn follows her deliciously creepySharp Objectswith another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming." -People(4 stars) "Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit." -Dallas Morning News "A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off." -Chicago Tribune "In her first psychological thriller,Sharp Objects,Flynn created a world unsparingly grim and nasty (the heroine carves words into her own flesh) written with irresistibly mordant humor. The sleuth in her equally disturbing and original second novel is Libby Day....It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for." -New York "[A] gripping thriller." -Cosmopolitan "DARK PLACES' Libby Day may seem unpleasant company at firstshe's humoring those with morbid curiosities about her family's murders in order to get money out of thembut her steely nature and sharp tongue are compelling. 'I have a meanness inside me,'she says, 'real as an organ.'Yes she does, and by the end of this pitch-black novel, after we've loosened our grip on its cover and started breathing deeply again, we're glad Flynn decided to share it." Jessa Crispin, NPR.org "Flynn returns to the front ranks of emerging thriller writers with her aptly titled new novel . . . Those who prefer their literary bones with a little bloody meat will be riveted." -Portland Oregonian "Gillian Flynn may turn out to be a more gothic John Irving for the 21st century, a writer who uses both a surgeon's scalpel and a set of rusty harrow discs to rip the pretty face off middle America." -San Jose Mercury News "The world of this novel is all underside, all hard flinch, and Flynn's razor-sharp prose intensifies this effect as she knuckles in on every sentence. . . . The slick plotting in DARK PLACES will gratify the lover of a good thrillerbut so, too, will Flynn's prose, which is ferocious and unrelenting and pure pleasure from word one." -Cleveland Plain Dealer "Gillian Flynn's second novel, DARK PLACES,proves that her first Sharp Objects was no fluke. . . . tough, surprising crime fiction that dips its toes in the deeper waters of literary fiction." -Chicago Sun-Times "Flynn fully inhabits Libby-a damaged woman whose world has resided entirely in her own head for the majority of her life and who, Named one of the Best Books of 2009 byPublishers Weekly AWeekend TODAY"Top Summer Read" "[A] nerve-fraying thriller." -The New York Times "Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma." -The New Yorker "Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice inSharp Objects, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In DARK PLACES, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn…has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females….[A] propulsive and twisty mystery." -Entertainment Weekly "Flynn follows her deliciously creepySharp Objectswith another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming." -People(4 stars) "Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit." -Dallas Morning News "A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off." -Chicago Tribune "In her first psychological thriller,Sharp Objects,Flynn created a world unsparingly grim and nasty (the heroine carves words into her own flesh) written with irresistibly mordant humor. The sleuth in her equally disturbing and original second novel is Libby Day....It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for." -New York Magazine "[A] gripping thriller." -Cosmopolitan "Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." Stephen King "Another winner!" Harlan Coben "Gillian Flynn's writing is compulsively good. I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer." Kate Atkinson "Dark Places grips you from the first page and doesn't let go." Karin Slaughter "With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the ground running. Dark Places demonstrates that was no fluke." Val McDermid "DARK PLACES' Libby Day may seem unpleasant company at firstshe's humoring those with morbid curiosities about her family's murders in order to get money out of thembut her steely nature and sharp tongue are compelling. 'I have a meanness inside me,'she says, 'real as an organ.'Yes she does, and by the end of this pitch-black novel, after we've loosened our grip on its cover and started breathing deeply again, we're glad Flynn decided to share it." Jessa Crispin, NPR.org "Flynn returns to the front ranks of emerging thriller writers with her aptly titled new novel . . . Those who prefer their literary bones with a little bloody meat will be riveted." -Portland Oregonian "Gillian Flynn may turn out to be a more gothic John Irving for the 21st century, a writer who uses both a surgeon's scalpel and a set of rusty harrow discs to rip the pretty face off middle America." -San Jose Mercury News "The world of this novel is all underside, all hard flinch, and Flynn's razor-sharp prose intensifies this effect as she knuckles in on every sentence. . . . The slick plotting in DARK PLACES will gratify the lover of a good thrillerbut so, too, will Flynn's prose, which is feroci, Named one of the Best Books of 2009 byPublishers Weekly AWeekend TODAY"Top Summer Read" The New Yorker's Reviewers' Favorite from 2009 A 2009 Favorite Fiction Pick byThe Chicago Tribune "[A] nerve-fraying thriller." -The New York Times "Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma." -The New Yorker "Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice inSharp Objects, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In DARK PLACES, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn…has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females….[A] propulsive and twisty mystery." -Entertainment Weekly "Flynn follows her deliciously creepySharp Objectswith another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming." -People(4 stars) "Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit." -Dallas Morning News "A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off." -Chicago Tribune "In her first psychological thriller,Sharp Objects,Flynn created a world unsparingly grim and nasty (the heroine carves words into her own flesh) written with irresistibly mordant humor. The sleuth in her equally disturbing and original second novel is Libby Day....It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for." -New York Magazine "[A] gripping thriller." -Cosmopolitan "Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." Stephen King "Another winner!" Harlan Coben "Gillian Flynn's writing is compulsively good. I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer." Kate Atkinson "Dark Places grips you from the first page and doesn't let go." Karin Slaughter "With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the ground running. Dark Places demonstrates that was no fluke." Val McDermid "DARK PLACES' Libby Day may seem unpleasant company at firstshe's humoring those with morbid curiosities about her family's murders in order to get money out of thembut her steely nature and sharp tongue are compelling. 'I have a meanness inside me,'she says, 'real as an organ.'Yes she does, and by the end of this pitch-black novel, after we've loosened our grip on its cover and started breathing deeply again, we're glad Flynn decided to share it." Jessa Crispin, NPR.org "Flynn returns to the front ranks of emerging thriller writers with her aptly titled new novel . . . Those who prefer their literary bones with a little bloody meat will be riveted." -Portland Oregonian "Gillian Flynn may turn out to be a more gothic John Irving for the 21st century, a writer who uses both a surgeon's scalpel and a set of rusty harrow discs to rip the pretty face off middle America." -San Jose Mercury News "The world of this novel is all underside, all hard flinch, and Flynn's razor-sharp prose intensifies this effect as she knuckles in on every s
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SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * NOW IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO LIMITED SERIES From the acclaimed author of Gone Girl, "a riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off" ( Chicago Tribune ) "Sensuous and chilling . . . a propulsive and twisty mystery."-- Entertainment Weekly 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 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., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - NOW IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO LIMITED SERIES From the acclaimed author of Gone Girl, "a riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off" ( Chicago Tribune ) "Sensuous and chilling . . . a propulsive and twisty mystery."-- Entertainment Weekly 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 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., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl , and the basis for the major motion picture starring Charlize Theron 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 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. Praise for Dark Places " A] nerve-fraying thriller." -- The New York Times "Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma." -- The New Yorker "Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice in Sharp Objects , her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In Dark Places , her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn . . . has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females. . . . A] propulsive and twisty mystery." -- Entertainment Weekly "Flynn follows her deliciously creepy Sharp Objects with another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming." -- People (4 stars) "Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit." --Dallas Morning News "A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off." -- Chicago Tribune "It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for." -- New York Magazine " A] gripping thriller."-- Cosmopolitan "Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." --Stephen King
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- Nov 27, 2016
Took three days
Pretty well written. Ending was fair. I mean the author didn't cheat. Would I recommend reading it? Depends. I read two books a week. Gets hard to find new ones. For me it was okay. Not great not terrible.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Apr 26, 2019
This book lives up to its title. it's Dark for sure. Could. Not. Put. It. Down.
Dark Places Review This book lives up to being Dark. It was a real page turner. I read it in 2 sittings. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. I tried to be as vague as possible to not create any spoilers, but be warned, there could be spoilers! While written very concisely, like a Hemingway short story, there were two dream sequences that were out of place. They had nothing to do with the rest of the book and added nothing to the story. Then again, some of Hemingway's short stories have interludes like that. The ending, while a surprise, had most of its aspects inferred to earlier in the book. The Jolly Rancher incident with Ben and Krissi was cringe-worthy, so much so, that had I considered not finishing the book. By this point I was hooked though. What was the "Devil Rush" drug? PCP? bath salts? Of all the believable aspects of Dark Places, that was the most unbelievable. It verged on science fiction or magic, and didn't fit in with the rest of the book. Although the after effects of the Devils Rush and animal killing could explain Diondra's actions towards Michelle, but also, why would Diondra care about what Michelle knew? It wasn't like Michelle was going to tell Diondra's parents. Also, how did Diondra support herself and Crystal? It's not really believable that she could pull that off alone. Diondra was an odd character. She was a bit of a stretch as well as her relationship to Trey. Plus the amount of drugs taken and alcohol consumed while in her condition. As far as the Satantic aspects involving Diondra, it was odd they actually existed, and as it turns out, they weren't just 1990's Satanic panic. Uh, and Slayer, not the most original "satanic music" band, and who has actually heard the band Venom before? Growing up listening to the headbangers ball in the 80's, I've never even heard of them. The final chapters, while you do find out what actually happened, kept go on and on and on. I'm not sure what the point was of all the follow up chapters was. I couldn't wait to get through them all. Some critics don't like the switching back and forth between time lines. I think this was done really well in this case. I've read other books that attempted this, even a Stephen King book comes to mind, and his was way harder to follow as far as jumping trough time goes. In spite of not sounding like a positive review, I did love this book. There were some unnecessary and implausible situations but it definitely was a pager turner. I had to keep reading to find out what happened that night.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 28, 2024
Thank you very much! Excellent item!
Thank you very much! Excellent item!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 25, 2022
Exactly what ordered
Everything was exactly how I expected it to be, it even came in earlier then expected. Thanks so much!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 25, 2019
Great!
I’m reading it now and it keeps you on your toes. I love it so far.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 31, 2018
Okay book
Just a little weirdVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 13, 2017
Great
Came fast, great bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 25, 2020
Dark Places kept me guessing.
Good Book. Kept my interest.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 04, 2018
Can’t stop reading
An excellent mystery that keeps you guessing...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 16, 2020
recommended
good shipper, good productVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
