They're creepy, and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. Yeah, not the Addams family—we're talking about the crazy Days. Despite being a little monstrous, the Addams family at least seemed to love each other, even when electrocuting each other or playing with a guillotine. For them, it was all fun and games. In Dark Places, on the other hand, the Day family is as disturbed as the Addams family is goofy.
Questions About Family
- Why is there no trust within the Day family? Is it typical of a family with a teenage boy and three girls, or are the Days different?
- How might the Days' lives have been better if they didn't have a violent, deadbeat dad? Would the events of the book have happened the way they did?
- Will Libby and Ben make amends? Should they make up just because they're siblings?
- We see very few other families in the book, aside from Krissi Cates's family. How are the Cateses similar to the Days, and how are they different?