Libby Day was just seven years old when her evidence put her fifteen-year-old brother behind bars.Since then, she had been drifting. But when she is contacted by a group who are convinced of Ben's innocence, Libby starts to ask questions she never dared to before. Was the voice she heard her brother's? Ben was a misfit in their small town, but was he capable of murder? Are there secrets to uncover at the family farm or is Libby deluding herself because she wants her brother back?She begins to realize that everyone in her family had something to hide that day... especially Ben. Now, twenty-four years later, the truth is going to be even harder to find.Who did massacre the Day family?
With how much I loved Gillian Flynn’s other two novels, I
expected to love this one right away. I think that is where I went wrong. To
me, the first chapter just did not make me all that interested. I knew what the
book was about, so it didn’t really introduce anything new.
I also didn’t really like Libby as a character.
Once she met the Kill Club and Lyle it started to move along
at a nice pace. At least that happened at the beginning.
This one really kept me guessing until the end. Her books
have a good way of doing that, and I think that is why I love them so
much. I kept changing my theories
throughout the book, but I never guessed the ending. Maybe it was obvious to
other people, but it wasn’t to me.
The way it was written made the build up even better as
well. It reminded me of Gone Girl in a way. You are getting the back-story as
you are getting the current timeline as well. It switches from chapter to
chapter.
The more I read, the more I didn’t want to put the book
down. Once I got into the story and into the characters, I was hooked. Libby
still wasn’t a great character, and I never really liked her, but it wasn’t
enough to make me dislike the book.
The storyline was just creepy with all of the talk about Satanism
and devil worship. Ben as a child was also a disturbing character which made
his arrest seem so obvious. It was the most interesting to read the chapters
that were written from his point of view.
4/5 Stars
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