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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

Start date: June 22, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Jul 27, 2012 Anne OK rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-reads

Gillian Flynn is a master at giving readers psychologically shocking thrillers on steroids. Sharp Objects leave messages of painful memories filled with darkness, sickness, cruelty and calculated evilness that knows no boundaries.

Why do I read these torturous pages? I can't really say. But I can't seem to stop myself either. This is definitely an author who casts a spell over me with her mesmerizing words. ...more

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Jun 21, 2016 Andria rated it liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was my first experience with Gillian Flynn's work. I flew through this book. It was very easy to read, and I found her first person narrator interesting (if not always reliable or likable).

Sharp Objects sets a tense atmosphere and develops a stifling small town setting. But how everything unraveled left me feeling underwhelmed.

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Aug 11, 2015 Karen D rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thrillers, mystery, family, beach-read, suspense, messed-up, crime, surprise-twist, destructive-friendships, domestic-problems

This book was such an interesting and disturbing look at family dynamics, so much that the murder mystery aspect really took second place. That played out in the narrative as well as in how everyone in the town seemed to treat the murders too, a lot of the characters really seemed to play the horror of it only lip service, and immediately focused on their own lives, problems, and the never-ending search for town gossip.

Every character had very clear dual sides - the one that they showed publicl ...more

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May 06, 2008 Joyce rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: set-in-the-midwest

Easy to start reading, I found myself drawn into Camille's story as she goes home to small-town Missouri to see what she can turn up for a story about a two little girls being killed. But it was easy to figure out and even though she attempted to lead readers down a blind alley, it was still much too easy. Fascinated by the damage this family did to one another, though. Very creepy. ...more

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