# Dark places

**Author(s):** Gillian Flynn
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/dark-places/verdict.json
**Genres:** parenting, mystery, literary-fiction, childrens, thriller
**Pages:** 349
**Publisher:** Shaye Areheart Books
**Published:** Thu Jan 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780307341563
**ISBN-10:** 0307341569
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/dark-places

## SageChimp reader verdict

Dark places has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 5.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/dark-places/verdict.json

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**Themes:** Crime Investigation

## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★★★ (Untitled) — kristin
I do the majority of my reading through audio books and Dark Places was no exception. Usually I simply listen while I drive to and from work (45 minute commute). But from the very first line of this book, I was hooked. I listened at the gym, I listened at home instead of watching TV (my DVR is now overflowing), and I even listened while I was preparing meals. Gillian Flynn is a master at creating characters, and though Gone Girl has received the majority of publicity, I find Dark Places to be a