Dark Places

 OVERVIEW: 

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived–and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her.

The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details–proof they hope may free Ben–Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic hitory. For a fee, she’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club… and maybe she’ll admit her testimony wasn't so solid after all.

As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the narrative flashes back to January 2, 1985. The events of that day are relayed through the eyes of Libby’s doomed family members–including Ben, a loner whose rage over his shiftless father and their failing farm have driven him into a disturbing friendship with the new girl in town. Piece by piece, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started–on the run from a killer. 

REVIEW: 

This book is absolutely one of a kind, so there's the concept of who's the killer? Of course there are stories from the past and the present that would lead to the discovery of the killer.. Alright no spoilers here: In the summary it was already stated that the convicted killer was Ben Day but... is he really the killer? hmmmm... The main narrator is Libby Day, she is the youngest and she survived the massacre, well she was the only survivor among the other siblings except for Ben obviously. The characters is not really lovable, in a way that they all have this twisted darkness and somberness in them. There are other POV in the book like Patty Day (the mom), and Ben. 

“I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.” 
― Gillian Flynn, dark places

I enjoyed the book till the last page, its the type of book that will make you turn pages until you figure out whodunit.. The story also portrays the small town life and economic hardship in a town. This book is not for the faint of heart, there are lots of disturbing and disgusting parts in the book like satanic rituals and offerings of animal organs and stuff like that. So would I recommend this book? Yes absolutely!

RATING:

4.5