Jen 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?

Jen That's the one word I have to describe this book...disturbing. So much hate and ill-treatment of others and oneself. I was depressed while reading it …moreThat's the one word I have to describe this book...disturbing. So much hate and ill-treatment of others and oneself. I was depressed while reading it and tried to finish it quickly just so I could get on to other, better reads.(less)

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