Coming off the success of gone girl, dark places is the adaptation of gillian flynns 2009 novel of the same name and its all about revisiting an old case 25 years old who some say is still. Do you think the author intended for her to be likeable. This month on the triskele book club, we discuss dark places, by gillian flynn about the. Gillian flynn has a wealth of ideas and knows how to apply them to effect. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Dark places discussion questions mentor public library. Open discussion of the whole book below, no spoilers needed. What a depressing book about depressing people who lead such depressing lives. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions.
Dark places discussion questions by gillian flynn author bio. She has written three novels, sharp objects, dark places, and gone girl. Dark places gillian flynn, 2009 crown publishing 368 pp. The cuckoos calling by robert galbraith, still life by louise penny, the dry by jane harper, magpie murders by antho. I enjoyed this book because it was not your run of the mill light and happy kind of book. Gone girl has its bloody, gory moments, but dark places trumps those. If youve read gillian flynns book, drop by the book club page any time this week to discuss like like. Dark places november book club discussion babbling books.
See more ideas about homeschool, book club books and book girl. The killing scene is gruesome, and there are sections about sacrifices to satan that cant help but cause goosebumps. The elements that worked in dark places include a great plot, deftly written characters and a great twisty ending that you wont see coming. I finished dark places a few weeks ago, and like others finished it just so i could see who did it. This genre is often overlooked when searching for book ideas for book clubs, unless the book tops every best selling list out there like gone girl. Dark places the discussion october 14, 2014 by beth 20 comments i may have been up late reading, but i did it, i finished the second book for babymac book club.
Dark places is dark and has some disturbing depravity so it may not be for everyone. Im still not totally sure how i feel about the book, so im definitely looking forward to hearing others reactions. The kill club is a group of truecrime obsessives who share information on. Gillian flynn is excellent at creating unpleasant characters and disturbing situations.