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Really great book. The characters are extremely unlikeable but very interesting. The novel follows an early 30ish newspaper reporter, Camille Preaker from Chicago sent back to her home town in Missouri to cover the story of the murder of two young girls. She's not met with open arms by her mother Adora and much younger step sister Amma. As the story unfolds we learn more and more about these interesting but unlikeable characters. (view spoiler)
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Psycho moms and mean girls.
2.5 stars.
2.5 stars.
I usually like this type of book as it deals with a plainly troubled protagonist. Camille Preaker is a journalist at a small newspaper in Chicago. She is assigned to write a story about two murders of pre-teen girls in her hometown Wind Gap, Missouri.
In the process of her journalistic investigation she is forced to come to terms with the past she thought she left behind. Her cold mother Adora, her half sister Amma, and the ghost of her dead half-sister Marian. Her dysfunctional home life, was a ...more
In the process of her journalistic investigation she is forced to come to terms with the past she thought she left behind. Her cold mother Adora, her half sister Amma, and the ghost of her dead half-sister Marian. Her dysfunctional home life, was a ...more
There is no doubt as to why this book won a steel dagger award. Flynn is a master of her craft and you never really know what she is thinking until the last page.
I enjoyed this much more than Gone Girl. A good mystery... I did figure it out, but not too early. A well-written page-turner.
Very good. Dark places was better...tho this was more sinister.
The plot is gripping, but I find that I really dislike how Flynn chooses to describe things in her books. I don't know; maybe I'm just too squeamish for her descriptions.
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So many fucked up, damaged women!! I enjoyed this throughout and then was left wanting/disappointed in the end.
Nov 08, 2012
Beth
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