Review of Dark Places (2015) by Jessica Kiang for The Playlist — 18 Jun 2015
Without the spiky irony of Flynn's first-person writing (the enjoyable Jim Thompson-esque noirisms that pepper the novel, like "I have a meanness in me, real as an organ" occur only rarely) Paquet-Brenner shears the text of any richness, to have it unfold instead in a relentlessly grim manner, less intriguing and evocative than straight-up dour.
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This review of Dark Places (2015) was written by Jessica Kiang and published by The Playlist on 18 Jun 2015.
Dark Places has generally received mixed reviews.
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