Sharp Objects: A Novel
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.
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I am really starting to like this Gillian Flynn.
I decided to pick up "Sharp Objects" after reading "Gone Girl" and being blown away. I think I actually liked this one better.
Camille Preaker, a newspaper reporter, is sent back to her hometown to dig up some information on the murders of two youngs girls. Her interviews and digging for clues on these two particular murders is only a portion of the book. The other part of the book revolves around a glimpse into her home life and family, mostly her mother, who may have liked to have tea with Carrie's mom and her half-sister, a thirteen-year-old unlike any other.
I cannot understand people knocking stars off their rating because they didn't like the main character. This is not a star requirement for me at all. I didn't need to identify with Camille nor did I need to think that we would be great friends if she were real. She did, however, fascinate me. Her childhood and the effects it had on her. Her reaction to her body and to men. She made me terribly sad, and I didn't like her as much as I pitied her. Most of the other characters were equally fascinating, and I didn't have a hard time keeping track of names because each one was described so well and had a reason for you to remember them.
This is a pretty creepy read. I spent much of the novel (especially the last 30 pages) like...WHAT?
It is definitely a page turner, one that kept me up far past my bedtime because I just could not bear to put it down. I can't wait to read her next book and don't think she can come out with another quick enough.
I decided to pick up "Sharp Objects" after reading "Gone Girl" and being blown away. I think I actually liked this one better.
Camille Preaker, a newspaper reporter, is sent back to her hometown to dig up some information on the murders of two youngs girls. Her interviews and digging for clues on these two particular murders is only a portion of the book. The other part of the book revolves around a glimpse into her home life and family, mostly her mother, who may have liked to have tea with Carrie's mom and her half-sister, a thirteen-year-old unlike any other.
I cannot understand people knocking stars off their rating because they didn't like the main character. This is not a star requirement for me at all. I didn't need to identify with Camille nor did I need to think that we would be great friends if she were real. She did, however, fascinate me. Her childhood and the effects it had on her. Her reaction to her body and to men. She made me terribly sad, and I didn't like her as much as I pitied her. Most of the other characters were equally fascinating, and I didn't have a hard time keeping track of names because each one was described so well and had a reason for you to remember them.
This is a pretty creepy read. I spent much of the novel (especially the last 30 pages) like...WHAT?
It is definitely a page turner, one that kept me up far past my bedtime because I just could not bear to put it down. I can't wait to read her next book and don't think she can come out with another quick enough.
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