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Stunning characterization. Read this book for Camille, the main character. The detached way she speaks about herself, her life and her illness(es) provide a different angle on the horrors she's experienced-- she has become so jaded from them that she faces down situations that would be emotionally crippling for others. As a reader you're horrified by the things that happen to her, but even more horrified by her lack of reaction to them. Her scarred childhood and the mental anguish she's faced as
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Reading this book makes me wonder how the picture of Gillian Flynn on her book jacket looks so normal. Very good read - so fast because it was a page-turner and also very twisted. I cannot imagine how someone thinks like she does, but it definitely makes for some enjoyable reading.
This one is a really good mystery plus a look at a really dysfunctional family. Camille Preaker writes for a paper in Chicago and her boss sends her to investigate two murders in her home town in Missouri. Unfortunately that means she has to stay with her mother, her step father and her sister Amma. Camille has some personal problems you will find that relate to the title of the novel. And the situation is not improved over time. She is sent to investigate the death of two girls, nine months apa
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I'm still not finished with it, but the reason I read this book is because I loved Gone Girl, and so far this book is living up to the promise. It's really freaking me out so far, and Flynn is really, really good at the slow reveal. So disturbing.
Finished now. I did guess the ending, but I wasn't 100% sure until the very end, so that's good. I hate it when I can guess the ending and the clues are so heavy-handed you feel like you don't even need to finish reading. So, this book was also really ...more
Finished now. I did guess the ending, but I wasn't 100% sure until the very end, so that's good. I hate it when I can guess the ending and the clues are so heavy-handed you feel like you don't even need to finish reading. So, this book was also really ...more
Talk about a dysfunctional family, this one takes the cake. I originally found the book interesting, but then it became very, very dark. I like psychological thrillers but this one bothered me when I found out the details of the killings of the young girls. I liked Gone Girl much more than this one.
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