Lihsa 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?

Lihsa It is disturbing and disgusting but I think that's what the author was going for. I'm sure at the time it published it jack-knifed it's way to the top…moreIt is disturbing and disgusting but I think that's what the author was going for. I'm sure at the time it published it jack-knifed it's way to the top of everyone's to-be-read pile.(less)

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