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 unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. 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 eeri Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to he...
| Title | : | Sharp Objects |
| Author | : | Gillian Flynn |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Mystery |
| ISBN | : | Sharp Objects Edition Language English Characters |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 pages pages |
Sharp Objects Reviews
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 "pa...
This book was so stupid and hysterical and I loved every second of it. ...
Terrific book, truly creepy. A page turner about a journalist going back to her tiny Missouri home town to cover the recent murders of two little girls. Gillian Flynn's writing in Entertainment Weekly has always been a notch above, and her first novel is no disappointment. What...
The next two paragraphs give my review of this book, but if the only reason you?d be tempted to read on is to hear about the time I ?met? Gillian Flynn, you can scroll past them. Like so many other Goodreaders seduced by the buzz, I read and enjoyed every sharp bend of Gone Gi...
Update - NEWS ABOUT the HBO mini-series of "Sharp Objects". Who else has seen it? What are your thoughts? Which did you enjoy more? The book or the series? Amy Adams was outstanding!!! One of the best acting roles I've seen her play. VERY creepy show -- 'excell...
Grippin? book! WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED Gillian Flynn is one of the most worldwide famous and popular authors nowadays with best-selling novels like Gone Girl and Dark Places, along with the short story The Grownup, but her debut novel was this one, Sharp Objects. ...
Last week I read the fuck out of Gillian Flynn's catalog. Three novels in eight days while my wife and kids were out of town and a sweltering late July marooned me in one of the house's two air conditioned rooms. So although this review is primarily for Sharp Objects, my favo...
The razor blade on the front cover of the book is what one yearns for right after embarking on this read, sharp blade with which to cut every single page, one by one, until they are so neatly shredded that even the memory of what was written on them becomes non existent. And then, one ...
I loved Sharp Objects as much as I loved Gone Girl. Camille is an amazing protagonist, utterly believable, well drawn, and I related to her far more than makes me feel comfortable admitting. This is a book about darkness and women and Flynn is one of those writers who stares darkness d...
Camille Preaker is a young Chicago reporter with a troubled past. When a second young girl goes missing in her home town, Wind Gap, MO, Camille?s fatherly boss sends her down to get the inside scoop. Who says you can?t go home again? Well, maybe you can, but would you really want t...
Update 10/2018 Doesn't seem that edgy 8 years later. We are not lacking in female anti-heroes now. The novel and the show complement each other rather well. Liked the neater ending of the book more though, but the show is a visual feast. Interesting how the show creators chickene...
Well, this was a pleasant surprise. I remember all the ruckus over Gillian Flynn a while back, and my resulting tracing (not carving) of a mental note on my palm that I should eventually read something by this gal because everybody was all in a tizzy over her wonderfulmousnessity back ...
?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 unwel...
well, this thriller was less than thrilling. so theres that. :/ i guess in all fairness, i should mention that i wasnt really in the best mental state to read this, which is probably why im rating it so low. the story is very disturbing, very dark, and wayyyy outside any realm of no...
Little buddy read with Her Majesty La Lionne and Jerry on January 31st!! :D This is my third Gillian Flynn book, after Gone Girl and Dark Places. The first one blew my mind, the second one freaked me out a little and this one really scared me. Sure, after reading 5% of it I was ...
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 wasn?t bothered, and whilst dark this was fine too. I was impressed with the writing of this book and unders...
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 hoodwinke...
?Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.? It's freaky and twisted. It's terrifying and compelling. You'll sit down, grab the book and read it until you've reached the last page. No kiddings here. I read this in o...
Squee! This is coming out on TV on Sky Atlantic. I cannot wait! (2018). I don't know about you, but in my opinion this is WAY better than Gone Girl, I think this one is a hidden gem. It's a lot more subtle but that's why it works more. This is one spine-chilling dist...
I really liked Gone Girl, but was quite disappointed by Dark Places, so I had absolutely no idea what I would think about this book. I'm happy to report that this one was another win for me! It was a super easy and fast read with a solid plot and interesting characters. In fac...
2.5 Stars. Unfortunately, I did not love this book and it is probably my least favorite of Gillian Flynn's work. As this was her debut, I'm happy to say I feel her later works show great improvement and a lot of strength. CW: self-harm, sexualization of children, murder, c...
BEST GILLIAN FLYNN BOOK. By a mile. Sorry, Gone Girl, you are no longer welcome here. (Just kidding I'm probably going to reread it in one absolute second but will it be as good as this book? No, it will not.) This is so CREEPY and the writing is so visceral and it's so un...
yo everyone's crazy as hell wtf, Richard the only sane person, we stan a unproblematic king yo everyone's crazy as hell wtf, Richard the only sane person, we stan a unproblematic king ...more ...
1 Star Overview: I should have known better. I don?t have an excuse. I read Gillian Flynn's other book, Gone Girl, last year?and wasn?t a fan. Everyone raved about it, but I found the characters shallow, the plot twists weak, and the narrative so busy being cynical...
3/5 stars. The book tells of a young reporter named Camille. She escaped from the town where she grew up years ago to break away from the cruel life she lived, and to start a new life. Years later, Camille had to return to the town for the article she needed to publish. Camille, who ...
Disturbing story. Disturbing characters. This book will make you feel uncomfortable, that's what Gillian Flynn does best! I'm not sure I loved it but it's definitely the best written thriller I've read so far this year... still only getting 3.5 stars though! I...
?I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.? ? Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects This is one of the darkest, most disturbing books I've ever read. And I love it. Well, today I love it. I picked it up years ago, st...
3.4/5 Stars ?????? ?The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.? Wow well this was... disturbing. And sick and twisted and depraved and degenerate. Possibly incest. I liked it! But didn't love it. Prior to reading this book, I had watched t...
sweet jesus. ...
"I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters." Journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her hometown, where one girl has been brutally murdered and another one is missing. Dark and twisty and fucked up charac...
