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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
3.0

This was a great mystery to listen to while driving the car. I was engaged, I yelled at the radio a few times, and the narrators were amazing (Rebecca Lowman is a personal favorite). Ben's POV was especially riveting, as the story of the day the Day family was murdered played out.

That said, the ending ticked me off, and once all the puzzle pieces were connected I wanted something different for Libby and her murdered family. Also, thanks to Flynn's other work (Gone Girl) I kept expecting
SpoilerLibby to be a complete psycho. But she wasn't. And there was really no reason to think so. I'm just scarred.


Also, I'm still not sure how they cast Charlize Theron as Libby, who is described in the book as being 5'0" and red-headed, but I will love to see her play the role because she'll kill it.