Lugares escuros by Gillian Flynn

Lugares escuros

Sister’s dark secret haunts one survivor

Written byGillian Flynn
Length14h55m
Release dateJuly 28, 2023
LanguagePortuguese
★★★★ 4.0 (44 ratings)

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AuthorGillian Flynn
NarratorLella Ganimi, Duda Ribeiro
Runtime14h55m
PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Rating★★★★ 4.0 / 5 (44 ratings)
CategoriesLiterature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, Domestic Thrillers, Psychological
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

About This Audiobook

Libby Day was just seven when her family was slaughtered in their isolated farmhouse, her mother and two sisters butchered beyond recognition while she hid under a bed. The only suspect? Her troubled older brother, Ben, whose trial painted him as a demonic outlier in their small-town community. Now, 25 years later, Libby—once the fragile, traumatized poster child for media pity—has built a brittle life on the blood money from book deals and speaking fees. But when a true-crime podcast reignites questions about what really happened that night, Libby’s carefully constructed narrative starts to fracture. Gillian Flynn’s razor-sharp prose dissects the myth of the unreliable narrator, layering lies like scar tissue over an unhealed wound. This isn’t just another whodunit; it’s a psychological autopsy of a woman who’s made a career out of being a victim, until the truth—ugly and inconvenient—refuses to stay buried. Narrators Lella Ganimi and Duda Ribeiro deliver a masterclass in tonal contrast: Ganimi’s brittle, wired Libby is all jagged edges and forced humor, while Ribeiro’s gravel-voiced true-crime obsessives and investigators ooze menace beneath their folksy charm. The dual performance turns what could be a flat morality tale into a symphony of suspicion, where every inflection feels like a clue.

Tags: unreliable narrator thrillerpsychological suspense audiobookGillian Flynn dark family secretstrue crime meets fictionfemale antihero mystery

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Editor's Review ★★★★

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I’ll admit, I approached this audiobook with skepticism—another twisty thriller in a sea of twisty thrillers—but Flynn’s acidic wit and Libby’s toxic resilience won me over faster than a redemption arc. Ganimi’s performance is a revelation; she nails the cadence of a woman who’s spent decades weaponizing vulnerability, her voice swinging from saccharine sweetness to something dangerously close to panic in a heartbeat. Ribeiro, meanwhile, steals every scene he’s in, particularly as the podcast host who smells blood in Libby’s story. The production is crisp, with subtle sound design (think distant sirens, the hum of a fluorescent light) that ratchets up the claustrophobic dread. My only real critique? The middle act drags slightly as Libby’s erstwhile benefactors circle the truth—it’s necessary padding, but it risks losing the momentum that made the first third so deliciously tense. And while the ending lands with a satisfying thud, it’s not the gut-punch reveal Flynn’s capable of; the real horror lies in how little Libby actually changes. Three hours after finishing, I’m still Googling ‘Libby Day’ like she’s a real person—and isn’t that the mark of a truly unsettling narrator?

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