Dark Places

That sure was a book I read!

There are a lot of things I could comment on– the weird inaccuracy with what I know of the true crime community, given that literally all my friends are true crime freaks– but whatever. I read this book after Sharp Objects because I wanted to figure out something that's been bugging me since chapter two of SO.

Does Gillian Flynn hate women, or is her protagonist just a female misogynist? It makes sense for Camille, less so for Libby, but Libby seems to hate fucking everyone. And, you know, that's a style. If you wanna write everyone like you're JK Rowling describing Rita Skeeter, it's a choice.

But, that question solved, I'm left waving my hand at these deus ex machina murderer characters. Why do they murder? Because they're murderers! Anyone can just be completely unhinged, for no fucking reason, as the plot demands it. I'm sure it ties up lose ends, but like... it always pulls me out of it because the utter murderyness is the same. They're just full of brutality, because.

Needless to say, I'm reading Gone Girl next.