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Books Read in 2015 (81) » 14 more Books Read in 2014 (134) Best Crime Fiction (81) Books With a Twist (32) 100 Hemskaste (48) Horror to Read (79) Dark Fiction (37)  JennysBookBag.com | Sep 28, 2016 |  I tend to be somewhat leery of reading an established author's debut novel; mainly I worry, will it pale in comparison to a newer book that's received lots of hype and hooplah? Well I'm happy to report that I enjoyed Sharp Objects more than Gone Girl. Surprise, surprise. Like with Gone Girl, I absolutely hated having to set the book aside before I was finished. Thankfully, I only had to stop reading once, so I was done in two sittings. But unlike with Nick and Amy, I was 100% on Camille's side right from the start...until she went into full victim mode, shut off her brain, and started swallowing the Kool-Aid; or, in this case, dropping Oxy and Ecstasy with a thirteen year old. After that I was a little distant, but I still enjoyed the twist (predictable), the climax (meh), the second twist (also predictable), and the ending (satisfying). Recommended to anyone looking for a fast-paced thriller especially if they're new to the genre. Be warned, though, there are graphic descriptions of self-harming behavior, underage sexuality, factory farming (pigs), and brutality involving children. 3.5 stars (  ) flying_monkeys | Sep 13, 2016 | Seemed to be evolving until halfway through than it sped up to the end. The entire thing was unremarkable and predictable. If I had read this before Gone Girl I might have never read it. (  ) pgtrnr | Aug 18, 2016 | Seemed to be evolving until halfway through than it sped up to the end. The entire thing was unremarkable and predictable. If I had read this before Gone Girl I might have never read it. ( ) pgtrnr | Aug 18, 2016 | Oh my God, this book is just so sick. Every single thing about it is disturbing: fucked-up adults, fucked-up children, fucked-up sex, fucked-up small-town setting. As I finished each chapter I would think to myself, "Things can't possibly get any worse." Oh, but they can. Gillian Flynn shows you they totally can. (  ) doryfish | Aug 15, 2016 | no reviews | add a review
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 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, 12 Mar 2015 18:23:01 -0400) Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence and a short stay at a psychiatric hospital 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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This character-driven story is told in the point of view of Camille Preaker, a Chicago reporter who returns to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri to cover the disappearances and murders of two preteen girls. Camille is reluctant to take the assignment since she’ll have to face her troubled past, a past that caused her so much emotional pain that she turned to cutting. Her mother is a “neurotic hypochondriac” and she has an equally unhinged, half-sister, Amma. The town is populated with gossipy, shallow residents, many who were Camille’s former classmates that love to blather about Camille’s promiscuity, binge drinking and send her murder investigation into a hundred different directions. The more she unravels the truth about the murders, the more mentally unraveled Camille becomes, but she won’t leave town until the murder is caught.
The characters are brilliantly developed and complex with richly descriptive personalities, especially their mental states. I love novels like Sharp Objects that have haunting, mentally disturbed characters as it’s my favorite type of novel. The characters’ behaviors are spine-chilling and they hold your mind hostage until you finish the story. Camille is a beautiful, intelligent woman, but she’s the type of character that you pity. I wanted to save her, not only from her family, but from herself. Her mother and half-sister are the type of characters that you love to hate because they’re fascinating and twisted.
This page-turner had me so engrossed in the storytelling that I wanted to read it in one sitting. It’s engaging and suspenseful throughout. I had a hunch about the ending that I dismissed because the misdirects in the plot were so convincing. My suspicions were correct, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the novel. The ending still had a shocking, unpredictable quality.
I recommend this novel to readers who love psychological thrillers.
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