Originally Posted On The Sassy Book Geek 
 I've gotten to the point where I'm ready to just throw my money at anything Gillian Flynn writes, she's absolutely brilliant and yet I'm terrified of what goes through her mind when she writes these books! I'm warning you now, this book is not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach. 
 Libby Day, was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas", she then testified that it was her brother, Ben Day, that did the deed. The story starts now ,twenty five years after the murders, where Libby's trust fund is finally dwindling down to nothing. This is when she's approached by the Kill Club to start digging into the mystery of her family's murders in exchange for money, and Libby will start to call a lot things she thought she believed into question. 
 So Things You Will Love About Gillian Flynn's "Dark Places" : 
 1. The plot twists! Now since this book revolves around a mystery a lot of people will think they can figure it out before Libby does. You are wrong, I'm sorry I know a lot of people can do it but believe me when I tell you that you will not be able to do that with this book at all. 
 This will be your face, like it was mine. For real. 
 And this is how I picture Gillian Flynn as readers reach the end of "Dark Places" 
 2. The characters! Yep the characters are very VERY disturbed, all of them, it's insane. Libby is a great, strong character and witnessing the murder of her family at a young age messed with her head royally, but who wouldn't be messed up after something like that? However, despite Libby's struggles she pulls through a lot of crap to get to where she is by the end of this book. We also get a lot of insight into the minds of Patty Day and Ben Day, all I have to say about them is that Patty put up with a lot of shit and that I liked her for the most part. I was not fond of Ben....at all. 
 3. The writing! Gillian Flynn is a damn good writer, seriously, I would read this woman's shopping list. She does an excellent job of making you feel what the characters feel, even though I didn't want to because the characters are all very troubled. I mostly felt creeped out, that's the whole book, creepiness. I'm fairly positive that's what Flynn was shooting for, and she nailed it. 
 Overall I am recommending "Dark Places" it really is a fantastic book.