Mike 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?

Mike "Ugliness" is the perfect word. I found this book to be very ugly. And I loved it. Such mean people, with horrible, ugly thoughts and actions - and th…more"Ugliness" is the perfect word. I found this book to be very ugly. And I loved it. Such mean people, with horrible, ugly thoughts and actions - and they're all female. I'm a male, 36, and really found it hard to identify with the female main character. Is it because she is female, or because she is an unlikable, wretched mess? I don't know. Great book. Kinda upsetting.(less)

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