Name: Sharp Objects
ISBN: 9780804164238

Gillian Flynn

Ann Marie Lee

A Novel

Sharp Objects

Brittany

Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil., insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed. Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman's body experiences. Tampons and speculums. Cocks, fingers, vibrators and more, between the legs, from behind, in the mouth. Men love to put things inside women, don’t they?

Beatriz Salvador 

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Rachael Copas

Lindy

Michelle Ghavie

Tiana Coates

As a child, I struggled to find a solid resemblance between my mother and myself, some link that would prove l came from her. I'd study her when she wasn't looking, steal the framed portraits from her room and try to convince myself I had her eyes. Or maybe it was something not in the face. The turn of a calf or the hollow of my neck.

“the children, too, hovered about, little blonde ghosts trapped in a limbo between indolence and stupidity.”

“i had shattered some delicate dynamic. a multichild household is a pit of petty jealousies, this i knew.”

“i feel like a warm gust of wind could exhale my way and i’d be disappeared forever, not even a sliver of fingernail left behind. on some days, i find this thought calming; on others it chills me.”

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“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”

“I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.”

Rasina kami

I shouldn't have done it. It wasn't professional. But I was so tired of being alone in my head

I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comfort me. She has never told me she loved me, and I never assumed she did. She tended to me. She administrated me. Oh, yes, and one time she bought me lotion with vitamin E.

"I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.“ 

Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. 

Miruna Teleasa

So the plot and the writing style (Gillian Flynn's usually) is quite gripping and I genuinly enjoyed it and went through it pretty fast. The twist was indeed interesting, but not completely unexpected and I felt it went by it pretty (maybe too) fast, while lingering on (in my opinion) less important aspects of the story. The only thing I actually hated was the way the characters were built. I considered it to be very shallow and maybe a bit hard to be believed. All in all, a good read, interesting and gripping, not the best character construction.

AGH hurts my heart to only rate this a 4.5 when i wanted it to be 5 ⭐️ but that one scene .... just pisses me off !! It was so unnecessary and it didn't really add up to anything substantial in the end and quite literally the ending. What they did with the show with that scene was farrrrr better.

Along with that, just cause I'm simultaneously watching the show while reading this, there’s some parts that I’m thankful got “fixed” with the tv show. Like some side characters got more spotlight, especially Richard and his arc, I liked him better there and there’s more of a reason why him and Camille “fell out”. But the ending ties up more nicely with the book. It sucks that they left out the really really last portions but I get that it’s supposed to be more jaw-dropping or a twist when it comes to television. (lol sorry this became a letterboxd review instead)

Nica

AGH hurts my heart to only rate this a 4.5 when i wanted it to be 5 ⭐️ but that one scene .... just pisses me off !! It was so unnecessary and it didn't really add up to anything substantial in the end and quite literally the ending. What they did with the show with that scene was farrrrr better.

Along with that, just cause I'm simultaneously watching the show while reading this, there’s some parts that I’m thankful got “fixed” with the tv show. Like some side characters got more spotlight, especially Richard and his arc, I liked him better there and there’s more of a reason why him and Camille “fell out”. But the ending ties up more nicely with the book. It sucks that they left out the really really last portions but I get that it’s supposed to be more jaw-dropping or a twist when it comes to television. (lol sorry this became a letterboxd review instead)

Anyways, love love LOVE this still !

the feminine rage in this novel is electric. for fans of “we have always lived in a castle,” “the yellow wallpaper,” and lizzie borden - this novel exemplifies the pain and power of being a woman. will come back for a reread soon!

Nina

Cate

did not see that twist coming... like wowww, this was absolutely crazy, loved it! the plot seems predictable but the more you read it the more interesting it gets. i love how complex camille is as a character and so were her relationships with adora and amma throughout it. 

gillian's writing is stellar, she narrates the atmosphere so well and gives descriptions of certain things in such a nasty way but it doesn't make you give up on the book, truly impressive for a debut novel! would recommend this to anyone.

marceline

did not see that twist coming... like wowww, this was absolutely crazy, loved it! the plot seems predictable but the more you read it the more interesting it gets. i love how complex camille is as a character and so were her relationships with adora and amma throughout it. 

gillian's writing is stellar, she narrates the atmosphere so well and gives descriptions of certain things in such a nasty way but it doesn't make you give up on the book, truly impressive for a debut novel! would recommend this to anyone.

It has everything that I love about a suspense book. The main character is incredible and complex, and her being the narrator gives a twist to a “typical” story about girls disappearing, making it new and fascinating for me. The author narrates the atmosphere of a small American town so well that I felt like I was there. The best of all, the ending. Really wasn’t expecting that plot twist. 

Would recommend to anyone who’s looking for a book that keeps you hook throughout begging to end.

Luis Letelier

10/10

It has everything that I love about a suspense book. The main character is incredible and complex, and her being the narrator gives a twist to a “typical” story about girls disappearing, making it new and fascinating for me. The author narrates the atmosphere of a small American town so well that I felt like I was there. The best of all, the ending. Really wasn’t expecting that plot twist. 

Would recommend to anyone who’s looking for a book that keeps you hook throughout begging to end.

From the author of the No.1 bestseller and international phenomenon GONE GIRL. Now a major HBO/SKY ATLANTIC TV series starring Amy Adams, with the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallee. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

A major HBO & Sky Atlantic Limited Series starring Amy Adams, from the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallée

What do you mean this MASTERPIECE is a debut novel? Maybe it hits me too close to home... But I can't even describe what it made me feel.

LIMEKI 

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.” 

HOW DID I NOT SEE IT COMING. What a crazy book. And her debut novel at that!! 

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.” 

HOW DID I NOT SEE IT COMING. What a crazy book. And her debut novel at that!! 

Amina

this is the book that got me into thrillers when I was in high school. I arguably think it's her best work (yes, even more than gone girl)

anna g

excellent excellent holds up on the third go round

Lola

This was a rough read, this story is descriptively gruesome and macabre, part of me feels it should almost come with a warning. 
It took me almost 30% of the way in before i really felt "hooked" by the story and characters, but once hooked i couldn't put it down until i finished it.

Patrick Book

I liked it more than I expected. Why can’t ladies just be nice to each other??

radhika dhawan

Pratik M

A dark and at times creepy tale of small-town America. A sordid homecoming for the protagonist who isn’t exactly on the up & up. No major mystery but with overly matured children and their antics is enough to worry you.

armoni mayes

i truly was shook at the twist in this book. one of my all time favorite thrillers now

Anjorin Molayo 

this book was so cringey. i guess that was what the author was aiming at. giving it 1 star is me been generous. i’m surprised i actually finished the book.

Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

ellie moriarty

a fucked up mother-daughter relationship? 5 stars.

arwen

Dhara Trivedi

Fenix Voliton 

oh my god. motherhood?!… nightmares?!…

a novel

Sharp objects

Caroline

“The face you give the world, tells the world how to treat you.”

Sharp Objects is my first read of the year 2020 and the first book I have read by author Gillian Flynn. First let me start with the star ratings I have given this book. All through this book I was stuck between a 1 or a 2 star rating but I kind of ended up giving it a 3 star rating only because of the climax. I must say the author really took me by surprise with such an unpredictable end.

On the other hand I thought the whole story was blown out of proportion and was all over the place or should i say was all over the town. Every character in the book has a very dark, shadowy, sad, depressing past which they carry with them throughout the whole story, be it Camilla Precker, her mother Adora or the thirteen year half sister who does not quite behave her age. According to me the author had roped in way too many characters, which have little or no contribution to the story except for the juicy gossips they provided around town. 

Honestly,halfway through the book I found it difficult to put a finger on as to which direction the story was really headed. was it the story of the main protagonist Camilla Precker and the shadowy relationship with her mother and her half sister or story of the investigation into the case of the girls how had been murdered and how all this would end up being related to Camilla? Even when the story got interesting I found that the author had put pages after pages describing people or the town of wind gap due to which as a reader i was losing interest and was unable to keep focus . I felt the book was highly descriptive. 

For me personally the book only got interesting in the last four five chapters. All I can say is that i had my fingers crossed hoping for a unpredictable end, which according to me the author lived up too.

Gillian Flynn is a fantastic author. I think this book was expertly executed with the many reveals as well as the complexity of the characters. 

Emma Miller

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.
--back cover

Bella Baxter

Interesting read. Bit slow up until 3/4 in. Then the ending was mad quick.

Sharp Objects A Novel

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