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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Feb 25, 2019 Vikas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nbtr, owned

So I generally prefer to read the books by an author from their first book if I can help it but for Gillian Flynn, I have literally done the exact opposite. I read ' Gone Girl' first then the ' Dark Places' and finally now this and this was also in the service of to be able to watch the TV series based on this book. Now let's come back to this book. So let's begin with the summary:

Our heroine Camille is a reporter in Chicago and has to return to her hometown to cover murder and abduction of anot So I generally prefer to read the books by an author from their first book if I can help it but for Gillian Flynn, I have literally done the exact opposite. I read ' Gone Girl' first then the ' Dark Places' and finally now this and this was also in the service of to be able to watch the TV series based on this book. Now let's come back to this book. So let's begin with the summary:

Our heroine Camille is a reporter in Chicago and has to return to her hometown to cover murder and abduction of another girl and it soon turns into a serial killer case and Camille has to deal with her toxic family along with all the people she knew way back and try to find the truth or does she want to?

This was a disturbing book and I have always loved the twisted imagination the author brings to her female characters and to the family dimensions. I for one wasn't able to figure out the actual murderer well sorta but the killer somehow never came into my focus I don't know why and now if I ever re-read this I would see the signs but again this is nicely written thriller where acquaintances don't mean much and in a town of 2000 odd people gossips reign supreme. And yeah Camille also liked to cut her and carve words on her body hence the title of the book. She craves sharp objects to cut herself once more but her family is really toxic with worst family members.

Now I am prepared to watch the series with the smug feeling that I know the story and would compare the scenes with the book. This is my usual pattern now where if some movie or series is based on a book then I will read the book before watching the adaptation, such fun.

So yeah this is a wonderful debut book by the author of Gone Girl and if you read that you already know how wonderfully twisted Gillian's mind works so then pick and read.

People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while. I read almost all the genre but YA, Fantasy, Biographies are the most. My favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore. I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review, so remember I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading. ...more

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Nov 10, 2015 Melli rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

All I have to say is Wow.. And to think I thought I knew who did I.. Didn't see that one coming.. Awesome book.. ...more

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Oct 19, 2017 Madge rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller-mystery, mystery

Well, my original suspicion from somewhere around 25-30% was correct. I was hoping I was wrong and there would be some great twist, but it was still a well-told story.

I didn't love this book. I tried to read Gone Girl a few times and just couldn't get into it, but I decided to try this one anyway, because it fit a prompt for a read-a-thon I'm participating in this October. It's not a bad book or anything like that, I'm just not a much of a thriller-reader.

This was a tough book to get through, fo Well, my original suspicion from somewhere around 25-30% was correct. I was hoping I was wrong and there would be some great twist, but it was still a well-told story.

I didn't love this book. I tried to read Gone Girl a few times and just couldn't get into it, but I decided to try this one anyway, because it fit a prompt for a read-a-thon I'm participating in this October. It's not a bad book or anything like that, I'm just not a much of a thriller-reader.

This was a tough book to get through, for me, because I found myself relating way too much to Camille. I had to put the book down a few times because of that. I liked Camille, Curry & Eileen, and John, but not really anyone else. I guess that's intentional and expected. There aren't really many likable characters in this book, which I actually liked. It's refreshing to read unlikable characters, especially women. It's a nice change from the overly-nice (whether false or natural) female characters who are basically doormats, living as they're "supposed to" because they're women. It's always interesting to me to read about women who don't fit in those boxes and actually seem like real people, flawed, rough-edged, etc.

I kept waiting for a big twist to come, but never got it. (view spoiler)

Basically, it was pretty predictable from the very beginning, but still...saying it was a fun/enjoyable/entertaining read sounds wrong, but close enough. I don't know if I'll read any other Gillian Flynn books in the future, but this one was ok. ...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Kylie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2012, books-i-cant-live-without

My favorite quality about this author is that she writes about such dark subject matter. I love deep, dark, disturbing books, and everything Gillian Flynn has put out so far has hit the mark with me! This is another of her books that will stay with you long after you finish it. I finished it in three days!

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