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Sharp Objects
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)
254 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2006
About the author
Gillian Flynn
24 books97.6k followersGillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written three novels, Sharp Objects, for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller; Dark Places; and her best-selling third novel Gone Girl.
Her book has received wide praise, including from authors such as Stephen King. The dark plot revolves around a serial killer in a Missouri town, and the reporter who has returned from Chicago to cover the event. Themes include dysfunctional families,violence and self-harm.
In 2007 the novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best First Novel by an American Writer, Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie, CWA New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, winning in the last two categories.
Flynn, who lives in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated at the University of Kansas, and qualified for a Master's degree from Northwestern University.
Review Quotes:
"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre."
–Stephen King
Her book has received wide praise, including from authors such as Stephen King. The dark plot revolves around a serial killer in a Missouri town, and the reporter who has returned from Chicago to cover the event. Themes include dysfunctional families,violence and self-harm.
In 2007 the novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best First Novel by an American Writer, Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie, CWA New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, winning in the last two categories.
Flynn, who lives in Chicago, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated at the University of Kansas, and qualified for a Master's degree from Northwestern University.
Review Quotes:
"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre."
–Stephen King
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February 25, 2019
Mmm, ek dink nou al heeldag aan hoe ek hierdie review gaan skryf. Ek sal dit met karakters doen.
Ons het vir Camille, 'n verslaggewer, wat na haar tuisdorp terugkeer om die moord op twee dogtertjies te ondersoek. Camille is 'n cutter. As ek vir haar skool gehou het, sou ek waarskynlik vir haar gevra het hoekom sy soms skewe lyne sny...
Dan is daar haar simpel ma, Adora, wat glad nie so adorable is nie. Sy is 'n siek vrou en van die begin af vermoed ek dat sy aan 'n siekte lei soos bv. munchausen by proxy, want sy raak skoon simpel van opgewondenheid as iemand siek is en verpleging benodig.
Dan is daar die sussie, Amma, wat so volmaak in almal se oë is, maar volgens my is sy 'n regte klein feeks! Sy het haar "gang" van cool girls en saam regeer hulle die hele dorp.
En dan is daar Richard, die polisieman, wat dink hy staan 'n kans met Camille.
Ek was nogal geskok in hierdie boek. Ek het nie gedink hierdie tipe geweld bestaan werklik nie en ek het al die tekens (byna al die tekens...) en leidrade gemis.
Die boek begin vrek stadig en ek het amper ophou lees, totdat ek 'n bietjie seks raakgelees het en gedink het, wow, hier kan dalk nog wees... LOL!
Dis belangrik om te weet wie hierdie karakters hierbo is, verder is die res onbelangrik. 'n Goeie boek, hoewel baie skokkend.
Ons het vir Camille, 'n verslaggewer, wat na haar tuisdorp terugkeer om die moord op twee dogtertjies te ondersoek. Camille is 'n cutter. As ek vir haar skool gehou het, sou ek waarskynlik vir haar gevra het hoekom sy soms skewe lyne sny...
Dan is daar haar simpel ma, Adora, wat glad nie so adorable is nie. Sy is 'n siek vrou en van die begin af vermoed ek dat sy aan 'n siekte lei soos bv. munchausen by proxy, want sy raak skoon simpel van opgewondenheid as iemand siek is en verpleging benodig.
Dan is daar die sussie, Amma, wat so volmaak in almal se oë is, maar volgens my is sy 'n regte klein feeks! Sy het haar "gang" van cool girls en saam regeer hulle die hele dorp.
En dan is daar Richard, die polisieman, wat dink hy staan 'n kans met Camille.
Ek was nogal geskok in hierdie boek. Ek het nie gedink hierdie tipe geweld bestaan werklik nie en ek het al die tekens (byna al die tekens...) en leidrade gemis.
Die boek begin vrek stadig en ek het amper ophou lees, totdat ek 'n bietjie seks raakgelees het en gedink het, wow, hier kan dalk nog wees... LOL!
Dis belangrik om te weet wie hierdie karakters hierbo is, verder is die res onbelangrik. 'n Goeie boek, hoewel baie skokkend.
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