Dark Places

I just finished the book Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - It was listed as one of Cosmos top beach reads for 2009.

I had a hard time reading it at first - I liked the story and once I started it I definitely wanted to finish it so I could see how it ended - but I could only be in the main characters head for so long and then I needed to put the book down. I never read a book where the main character got to me so quickly and strongly - a sign of a really good writer. She got to me where I had to put it down but then needed to pick it back up as soon as I could - I needed to find out what happened. The further in to the book I got, the more I began to understand the main character - she didn't bother me as much - I was able to see how she had gotten to be how she was.

This is a story of a family that was murdered and the 7-year-old girl who testified that she saw her older brother kill her whole family. The author takes us from Libby now to the events that happened on the day of the murders. Just that one day gives you an insight into how one small event can change your life.

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