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Original Title: | Sharp Objects |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Camille Preaker, Frank Curry, Amma Crellin, Adora Crellin, Chief Bill Vickery, Alan Crellin, Marian Crellin, Richard Willis, Ann Nash, Natalie Keene |
Setting: | Missouri(United States) |
Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2007), CWA New Blood Dagger (2007), Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2007), CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2007) |
Gillian Flynn
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 3.97 | 603877 Users | 41343 Reviews
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Title | : | Sharp Objects |
Author | : | Gillian Flynn |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
Published | : | 2006 by Broadway Paperbacks |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Adult |
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Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming. Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)Rating Containing Books Sharp Objects
Ratings: 3.97 From 603877 Users | 41343 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Sharp Objects
When I had first come across rave reviews of Gone Girl, I was bowled over by the fact that there's after all a woman who is brave enough to try her hand at a genre rarely ventured into by women writers. And apparently, she excels at it too. Surely, she couldn't have hoodwinked hordes of unsuspecting readers into giving her books such high ratings.So I had decided I'd devour Gillian Flynn's entire oeuvre starting with her first published work. Needless to say, that it is with obviousI am also so profoundly uncomfortable by the flippant sexualization of minors and sex between a high schooler and an adult?! Wtf
I read this after watching your video. It was so good!!
The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you. There is something deeply unhealthy about this book. It's in the characters, in the story, in the relationships, in the sex, and just in the general mood of the novel. Reading this made me feel a little unwell, both physically and mentally, but I am glad I did. If you know me, you'll know I love complex characters with issues that feel raw and real, rather than melodramatic. The people in this novel are majorly fucked up, no one is
Finally I climbed out under my rock to read my first GF novel. I was happy I did. Camille got under my skin, zero pun intended, and I enjoyed the whole ride. Whilst graphic, I wasnt bothered, and whilst dark this was fine too. I was impressed with the writing of this book and understand why this author has hit it off worldwide.Camille is a very troubled young woman, a mediocre journalist and a recovering cutter. Self harming herself in the most dreadful way, by inscribing words into her skin.
1 StarOverview: I should have known better. I dont have an excuse.I read Gillian Flynn's other book, Gone Girl, last yearand wasnt a fan. Everyone raved about it, but I found the characters shallow, the plot twists weak, and the narrative so busy being cynical it didnt seem to know what it was trying to say. Nevertheless, Id heard great things about Gillian Flynns writing. So I went into this with an open mind--- maybe I had just started with the wrong book! But I really should have known
okay so i,of course, was initially drawn to this book because it has shiny cover. i am like a magpie or a raccoon or something... and then it just sat on the shelf for ages and one day i read the description of it somewhere. and it's all "whore" on her ankle and "pain" on her heart or whatever.(which is not on the back cover copy, but is right up there in the goodreads.com description) and i thought - "oooh you are so edgy and shocking!!" and i rolled my eyes and figured i would just never read
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