Gone Girl had to be one of the craziest books I have ever read. I remember staying up way late to get through the first part and figure out what happened to Amy. When I finished the book, I had to talk about it, had so many angry feels that I wanted to throw my Nook against the wall. The craziest stuck with me. So I had to read more Gillian Flynn! The library had a huge hold list for Dark Places, but after waiting my turn, I finally got the book! The audiobook was 13 hours, 46 minutes long and read by multiple people.

Likes:

This story was so crazy intriguing from the poem at the beginning of the book. We start with hearing the story through Libby’s POV and then transition to other key characters in the book, bouncing back and forth between past and present.

We were given a first-hand view of what life would be like for someone who goes through such a horrible tragedy. It was so hard to listen to how Libby thought of herself, how she acts and feels, how she lives. Even though she choose to act bad sometimes, it was heartbreaking to hear her story.

The side characters in the Kill Group are so crazy that you have to love them. They are weird, passionate and overzealous!

I just felt for Ben. So many feels for Ben. He had the wrong friends, was in the wrong places at the wrong times and it seriously lead to his demise. The story continues to build and all the evidence lines up and you can’t help but just feel so bad for Ben, deep in your gut.

The mystery continues until the last few pages and I could not stop listening. I needed more and more and more. I finished this whole book in 2 days because I could not get enough of it.

Gripes:

I only rated it a four, and I can’t really give you a gripe per say. I guess there was just something that made me love this book, but not so much that it would be a book I would want to reread and talk to everyone I know about it.

**This book is definitely PG-13 with language and sexual content.

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