If I could go back and re-read Gillian Flynn's books I would have read this one first. Followed by Gone Girl then Dark Places. The reason being all three books to me were great reads. But Dark Places for me was such an emotional read, it was so shocking and things were so unexpected that it set the bar really high for the next two. With that said. This book was still a very good read. The characters were dark/complex. A part of you doesn't want to believe that their behavior is real. You are telling yourself this could never happen in real life. But then you turn on the news and it's very much believable and sick. I feel like this book was somewhat predictable for me. I'm not sure if it's because I'm a little obsessive with True Crime documentaries or Law and Order marathons but even with having a strong inkling of who did what I still enjoyed reading how everything played out and did receive a few gut wrentching bombs at the end. I like that Flynn doesn't tie everything up at the end of her books. I like that these people are still broken and justice isn't always found. I am very excited to see the movies for the other two books this fall and hope that this one follows suit as well.