Wanda answers “I'm half way through this book but finding...”

Merryn Allingham asked this question about Sharp Objects:

I'm half way through this book but finding it very disturbing - not because it's psychologically disturbing, that after all is the genre of the book - but because it contains so much ugliness. The descriptions of pig farming (I'm a veggie so that doesn't help) and the heroine's need to continually cut herself are nauseating. I'm wondering if I'm alone in this reaction?

Wanda I sure don't think that I'd want to see this in film. What really bothers me is that the author is able to express the disturbing ideas of the charact…moreI sure don't think that I'd want to see this in film. What really bothers me is that the author is able to express the disturbing ideas of the characters so well. I actually worry about her (the writer) as I read. Maybe just the old lady in me.(less)

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