Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Binding is clean, tight and straight w/ sharp corners; very light (almost imperceptible) bumpt to the head of the spine; dust jkt is clean and crisp w/ no tears, stains or wrinkles; not price clipped or remaindered. Wrapped in Brodart mylar. This twisted and macabre tale is an excellent follow up to the creepy good Sharp Objects published in 07. Flynn is definitely a writer to watch and collect. read more
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Date Published: 2009-05-05
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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Date Published: 2009
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED** and dated 6/8/09 by Gillian Flynn on Half-Title page. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Full # line. FREE USPS tracking w/book shipped in a box for U.S. buyers. DJ in clear mylar cover. Stored in smoke-free... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 349 p. Audience: General/trade. SIGNED** and dated by author on Half-Title page. 1st/1st. FREE Certificate of Authenticity for author signature available if requested at time of purchase. Email ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
Date Published: 2009-08-05
ISBN-13:9781410417756ISBN:1410417751
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
Description: New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 349 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover. Book Condition: NEW and UNREAD. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW and MYLAR Protected. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED and DATED 6/9/09 by Gillian Flynn on the Full Title Page. Bubble Wrapped and Shipped in a Tuck-Top Box. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books, New York
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307341563ISBN:0307341569
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"Libby Day is a survivor, a professional victim, and not a very nice person. For her entire adult life Libby has lived off a victim's trust fund established by well-wishers across the country, after the brutal massacre of her entire family. The bloody slaying of Libby's mother and two sisters happened when she was seven, at the hands of her fifteen year old brother Ben. Or so she testified in his trial, and so she has believed in the intervening 24 years. Recently, however, she's begun to doubt the veracity of her own testimony. Did she really see what she thought she saw? Was she fed lines by the shrinks and the prosecutors, lines that she eventually came to believe? By Libby's own admission, though, the impetus driving her to find the truth comes from the dwindling of her trust fund and a request by a member of a true crime club devoted to her case--more specifically, to the proof of her brother's innocence--that she use her connections, for a fee, to lead them to the real killer or killers.
The crime occurred in January of 1985, when the country was seeing Satanic ritual abuse in every basement and behind the locked doors of every pre-school. The Day family, mother Patty, Ben, and three daughters, Michelle, Debbie, and Libby, are a painfully poor farm family in rural Kansas. Their story unfolds in third person chapters told from the points of view of Patty and Ben, which alternate with present day first person chapters narrated by the not particularly reliable Libby.
Dark Places unfolds at a tantalizing pace, each short chapter fitting another little piece of the puzzle into place. There are so many pieces that when the last one is finally locked into place, not only is the reader relieved finally to see the big picture, but the revelation is truly original and surprising."
"Libby Day is a survivor, a professional victim, and not a very nice person. For her entire adult life Libby has lived off a victim's trust fund established by well-wishers across the country, after the brutal massacre of her entire family. The bloody slaying of Libby's mother and two sisters happened when she was seven, at the hands of her fifteen year old brother Ben. Or so she testified in his trial, and so she has believed in the intervening 24 years. Recently, however, she's begun to doubt the veracity of her own testimony. Did she really see what she thought she saw? Was she fed lines by the shrinks and the prosecutors, lines that she eventually came to believe? By Libby's own admission, though, the impetus driving her to find the truth comes from the dwindling of her trust fund and an request by a member of a true crime club devoted to her case--more specifically, to the proof of her brother's innocence--that she use her connections, for a fee, to lead them to the real killer or killers.
The crime occurred in January of 1985, when the country was seeing Satanic ritual abuse in every basement and behind the locked doors of every pre-school. The Day family, mother Patty, Ben, and three daughters, Michelle, Debbie, and Libby, are a painfully poor farm family in rural Kansas. Their story unfolds in third person chapters told from the points of view of Patty and Ben, which alternate with present day first person chapters narrated by the not particularly reliable Libby.
Dark Places unfolds at a tantalizing pace, each short chapter fitting another little piece of the puzzle into place. There are so many pieces that when the last one is finally locked into place, not only is the reader relieved finally to see the big picture, but the revelation is truly original and surprising."
"Gillian Flynn's first novel, Sharp Objects, was interestingly disturbing; in fact, it walked a razor-thin line between "Huh, you certainly don't read that every day" and "Gillian Flynn has some serrrriiiious issues and I'm a little bit afraid of her". I wasn't sure whether I respected her extremely dark side or her dark side is so dark it makes her books kind of uncomfortable to read.
Strangely enough (once you know the story outline) Dark Places actually has a more conventional plot than Sharp Objects, and having just discussed Jodi Picoult at some length with Marie, I was totally in a place to read a book with alternating points of view which would normally exasperate me, I think. Some reviewers have pointed out there is absolutely no one to like in the book, but I agree with the reviewers who point out the fact that Libby is not at all likable is actually more compelling, because the stunted (in every possible way), damaged (in every possible way) adult she is is a response to the life she has lived. So I think it's a good thing that every character in the book is frustrating or enraging or downright disgusting. That's more truthful, really, I think.
All that being said, I can't say I enjoyed the book. I certainly didn't put the book down; I read it in one day. But the device used to galvanize Libby into action in the beginning of the book is very, very weak and that put me off. Also, despite unconventional characters and a really, really, really, really REALLLLLLLY serious devotion to bloody crime scenes, in the end the book just devolves into a who-really-done-it mystery that felt kind of, well, dull. SOMEBODY done it, and we'd either find out eventually or Flynn would confound us with "ha ha, you'll never really know what happened!"--either way I wasn't really all that excited to find out who-really-done-it just because the whole red-herring "she did it! no, HE did it! no, another person entirely did it!" trope is boring and even disappointing, coming from Flynn.
I'm not even sure which of Flynn's two books I like better. I am interested in reading her next book. Still, there is something off-putting at the same time about her... interests? Passions? She is really serious about really studying really disturbed people doing really disturbing things and at some points in both books it feels... not over the top, but almost... well, creepy. She's like that strange neighborhood kid who lives in that weird house and who is a little too fascinated by chopping earthworms in half or seeing what happens when you burn ants, or something. I read just one of Lionel Shriver's books and it was so upsetting to me I absolutely refuse to ever read any of her books again, because she seemed to take a sly enjoyment in really pushing her characters into more and more awful places, mentally and physically. I don't quite feel that way about Flynn yet, but there's just something about her books that's too...hot-breathed for me."
"This was my first book by Gillian Flynn and it will not be my last. Gillian Flynn is a masterful writer who can take an idea and twist and turn it into a dark intense story that you cannot put down-not even if you wanted to. Dark Places had me hooked at the beginning and breathless at the end.
Dark Places tells the story from the perspective of three individuals-Patty Day and two of her children, Ben and Libby. The Day family was massacred at their Kansas farm, the only survivors were Libby and Ben. Ben, accused of the crime by Libby who was 7 at the time, has spent the last 24 years in prison. Libby has spent her tormented life living off of a Victim's Fund which was started for her as a child. That money however has run out and now she has found a new way to live-The Kill Club, a group of individuals who spend their time investigating crimes. The Kill Club will pay Libby to dig into her past and re-live the tragedy of her childhood. Once she begins the journey, there is no turning back, and what she finds out may change her life forever.
I LOVED this book. The characters were strongly developed. I felt something for each of them, whether it was sympathy, hate, or fear-the rollercoaster of emotions didn't stop until the story was over. Flynn's telling of the story is geniously done. She has created a story that you have to finish. You won't feel complete unless you do. 5 stars plus!"
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