(pb;
2009)
From
the back cover
“Libby
Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in ‘The Satan
Sacrifice’ of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived─and famously testified that her
fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the
Kill Club─a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes─locates Libby and
pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby
hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the
players from that night and report her findings to the club─for a fee. As Libby’s
search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist
towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and and Libby finds herself right back
where she started─on the run from a killer.”
Review
Dark is a fast-paced, mostly well-written and
character-true mystery (there are a few transitional what-the-heck moments). It is a solid beach read with a
satisfying and protagonist-redemptive finish. It is not as excellent as Flynn’s bleaker
Sharp Objects, and it is better than Gone Girl (with its character-false
end-twist). Dark is worth picking
up for cheap, or borrowing from your local library.
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The
resulting film was released stateside on June 18, 2015. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
scripted and directed it.
CharlizeTheron played Libby Day. Sterling Jerins played Young Libby Day. Nicholas Hoult played Lyle Wirth. Christina Hendricks played Patty Day.
Corey Stoll played Ben Day. Tye Sheridan played Young Ben Day. Natalie Precht played Michelle
Day. Madison McGuire played Debby Day. Sean Bridgers played Runner Day.
Andrea Roth played Diondra. Chloë Grace Moretz played Young Diondra. J. LaRose, billed as
J LaRose, played Trey Teepano. Shannon Kook played Young Trey Teepano.
Drea de Matteo played Krissi Cates. Addy Miller, billed as Adrian “Addy” Miller, played
Young Krissi. Richard Gunn played Lou Cates.
Lori Z.
Cordova played Magda. Natalie Jennifer Pierce Mathus played Diane. Dan Hewitt
Owens, billed as Dan Owens, played Robert.
