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 usefuljack | May 17, 2013 |  From Flynn's website: "But these childhood rites of passage — the rough-housing, the precocious sexuality, the first bloom of power plays — really don’t make it into the oral history of most women. Men speak fondly of those strange bursts of childhood aggression, their disastrous immature sexuality. They have a vocabulary for sex and violence that women just don’t. Even as adults. I don’t recall any women talking with real pleasure about masturbating or orgasms until Sex and the City offered its clever, cutie-pie spin, presenting the phrases to us in a pre-approved package with a polka-dot bow. And we still don’t discuss our own violence. We devour the news about Susan Smith or Andrea Yates — women who drowned their children — but we demand these stories be rendered palatable. We want somber asides on postpartum depression or a story about the Man Who Made Her Do It. But there’s an ignored resonance." (  ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 | This was one of the first books I read this year. It was a quick read, not a large book, but also one I found it hard to put down. The subject matter can be difficult for those not familiar with the punishing practice of cutting. And it could be difficult for those too familiar with the practice of cutting. I think Flynn is a smart writer and took an approach that could still horrify while not freaking out people with more delicate sensibilities. Having said that, this is not a book for people that don't want a hearty dose of reality because there is more than one character suffering in this story. nI guessed the culprit before the reader finds out for sure who is is, but that didn't take away any of the horrible realization the author intends. ( ) mmignano11 | May 3, 2013 | Mostly the issue here is that this is not my kind of book, so I'm hard-pressed to evaluate it. If you will excuse me for mixing media, this story is like if Tim Burton did an adaptation of My Sweet Audrina. It's gothic, it's absurdist, I can't figure it out. When I first realized it was about a series of child murders, I had this thought that maybe I wouldn't like it, because reading about child murders is so sad and disturbing. By about 1/3 of the way into it, though, every single character is so weird that it's obvious that child murders are the least of their problems. Honestly, I barely gave that another thought. I have other, frothy complaints, but they are very tied into the plot so it is difficult to include them in a review without giving away too much. To roughly sketch them out: I thought the character of the cop was practically senseless - I think the author was trying to portray him as mostly competent but none of his actions were competent in the least; the motivations of the main character are fundamentally problematic; and one of the main "twists" was so convoluted that I spent more time questioning how it could happen (I'm still not convinced it could happen as described) that I barely registered any emotional response at all. All that said, I still like Flynn's writing. Like Gone Girl, I still breezed through this because the pace is excellent and you really do want to see what plays out. Ultimately, though, I'm mostly confused by it. (  ) delphica | Apr 26, 2013 | Im not sure I liked this book. It was creepy and it didnt make much sense to me. Other than our parents mold us.... I took nothing from this book. ( ) ijpanko | Apr 24, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
 Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0307341550, Paperback)As loyal Entertainment Weekly subscribers, we have been fans of Gillian Flynn for her smart, funny, and spot-on reviews of books, movies, and TV, but we were not prepared for her stunning debut novel Sharp Objects, a wickedly dark thriller that Stephen King calls a "relentlessly creepy family saga" and an "admirably nasty piece of work." We're calling it a cross between Twin Peaks and Secretary--sinister, sexy, and stylish. Perfect fall reading. --Daphne Durham 10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Gillian Flynn
(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:56:48 -0500) Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.… (more) |
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