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Oct 10, 2013 12:25PM
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Sounds like a good book to read in October! I just put it on my To Read list. I'll try to get to it soon.
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I ordered this book at the library - Since I just finished "Dark Places", I really wanted to continue reading something from Gillian Flynn, so I was happy to see that we are discussing this until November.
I got it from the library today, but I need to finish "Dr. Sleep" first, it is so good, I keep worrying about the characters when I am not reading.. I am half way done that and will start this one next!
This was the third book I've read by Ms. Flynn. She really knows how to build a dark, tortured character. I love that I get to feel what her characters are feeling and experiencing (and then laugh in the sunshine with my tea). I also love that she doesn't shy away from describing the unpleasantness of the disordered.
I didn't read her books in the order they were published. The exact opposite actually. I sort of regret that. I think I would have liked to experience her growth as an author over the course of publication.
I didn't read her books in the order they were published. The exact opposite actually. I sort of regret that. I think I would have liked to experience her growth as an author over the course of publication.
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Terry ~ Huntress of Erudition
(last edited Oct 31, 2013 01:15PM)
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Hi Kim,I read her books in the opposite order too, I didn't know about Gillian Flynn until "Gone Girl" came out. I like her writing style - she can make the most vulgar things very interesting... However, I think I will be reading some very light and fluffy Chick Lit next, kind of like sorbet between courses during a heavy meal.
I'm beginning to think that it doesn't really matter who killed those girls (not a spoiler, since the reader knows this as soon as they pick up the book)The book seems to be more about the main character's journey, which is heartbreaking and compelling.
Terry ~ That's a great analogy about sorbet between courses.
"The book seems to be more about the main character's journey, which is heartbreaking and compelling."
Those two layers are great. First there is the mystery whodunit part -- the long game. But then there is the protagonist and her process -- the short game. I enjoyed how the author treated her interactions with her old classmates. Also, here recollections of the past were well done.
"The book seems to be more about the main character's journey, which is heartbreaking and compelling."
Those two layers are great. First there is the mystery whodunit part -- the long game. But then there is the protagonist and her process -- the short game. I enjoyed how the author treated her interactions with her old classmates. Also, here recollections of the past were well done.
This is my review:Gillian Flynn writes so well, you don't notice it while you are concentrating on the amazingly bizarre storyline - her characters are so well drawn, there is almost nothing you don't know about them. I found all three of her books to be character studies first, then made compulsively readable by the foreshadowing which makes a great suspense novel.
"Sharp Objects" was her debut novel and it is every bit as intriguing as her third, "Gone Girl".
Oh goodness! This novel - so good, so impossible to put down. Gillian Flynn is brilliant at creating characters. (And she really got the part about cutting right.) About midway through the novel I was suspecting almost everyone except Camille. So good.
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Kate, you will like this book! I think it is her best one.
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I am loving it! So good :)
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Finished last night! i had to read the last half before i went to bed because i wouldn't have been able to sleep till i knew who the murderer was!!
Terry - definately agree this was the best of the 3 -
and so nasty!! Loved it - i don't know if i could write a review for it though as wouldn't know how i could put into words how i felt at the end (view spoiler)
Yes, I know what you mean - sometimes it's too hard to put into words to give the book justice.I have a lot of respect for anyone who can write well - it is hard to even sound intelligent when I am writing some of these book reviews!
Gillian Flynn is my favorite new author(to me)right now.
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i predicted very early who the killer was. predictable but a good book. well written. I think i liked gone girl better.
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(last edited Dec 07, 2013 10:02AM)
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Leslie wrote: "i predicted very early who the killer was. predictable but a good book. well written. I think i liked gone girl better."I wasn't totally sure until the end with "Sharp Objects", but with "Gone Girl", you definitely knew who the crazy one was - I think all 3 of her books had completely "unreliable protagonists"! (Or is that term "unreliable narrator"?)
