If you are fascinated by darkness, if you find yourself entranced by stories of bad people doing bad things, if you are looking for a book that will leave you feel like the whole world might be a dark and twisted and unhealthy place – then this is a bood you need to read.

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You know how you eat a bag of potato chips? You pull it off the shelf, and you begin with a small handful. And then you take some more. And some more. And before you know it, you are just eating the whole thing. In one fell swoop.

And then you feel a little sick afterward. Not sick to your stomach, but sick that you gobbled all those chips and enjoyed them so dang much when they really aren't good for you AT ALL.

That's pretty much analogous to how I felt about this book.

It was so good going down. And then, at the end. I felt a little gross.

The basic plot is that a young reporter, Camille, returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two pre-teen girls. Slowly, Camille's backstory is revealed, and it's a doozy. She lives with her family while covering the murder story, and the tension of her family life combined with the unresolved murder mystery just amps the book into an incredible page turner.

Flynn sure can propel a reader through a book. She deserves big props for how she cranks up the suspense until you literally can't put the book down.

But was it satisfying? Yeah, not really. Not on a literary level. Not on a cleverness level. Yet, like the potato chips, I'm sure I'll reach for this author's books again and again. And hate myself a little afterward. ( )

Recién salida de una breve estancia en un hospital psiquiátrico, Camille Preaker se dirige a su ciudad natal a cubrir una serie de asesinatos para el periódico donde trabaja. Por primera vez en once años, la reportera de sucesos regresa a la inmensa mansión en la que creció, donde se tendrá que enfrentar a los recuerdos de su hermana, que murió siendo una adolescente. Pero lo que más perturba a Camille, es la presencia de su madre, una mujer fría y manipuladora que despierta la admiración de sus vecinos y que vive obsesionada con su salud y la de los suyos…
Con la policía local abrumada por los hechos, Camille llevará a cabo su propia investigación, a pesar de las rígidas normas sociales de un pequeño pueblo de la América profunda que se vuelve cada día más hostil con los que abandonaron su seno.

A troubled journalist is sent back to her hometown to cover the murder of two preteen girls. As she investigates the case, she is forced to confront her own past and family secrets that have been buried for years. Flynn's prose is sharp and she does a deep-dive into the darkness that can exist within a family. ( )

4,0
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