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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

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Aug 06, 2007 Laura rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-from-public-library

From the first page, I felt the author had just finished a Chuck Palahniuk novel and decided she wanted to be like him when she grew up. Sentence fragments can be fun if you're in the mood for things like "A belly. A smell. He was suddenly standing next to me." (Not exact quotes, but pretty close.) I wasn't in the mood, and it was irritating. Also, I couldn't enjoy the main character. I found the scene where she was 12 years old and in someone's hunting shed, full of dead, bloody animals and por ...more

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Jan 10, 2015 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A disturbing, dark, twisted, who done it which layers on the ways of small towns: what people see or portray on the surface and the secrets and lies bubbling right below the surface that everyone knows about. Add in complicated mother/daughter relationships and how they impact behavior and I'm sold. This is the second Gillian Flynn book that made me gasp out loud, in this case it was where the teeth were found. ...more

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Aug 11, 2015 Karen D rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thrillers, mystery, family, beach-read, suspense, messed-up, crime, surprise-twist, destructive-friendships, domestic-problems

This book was such an interesting and disturbing look at family dynamics, so much that the murder mystery aspect really took second place. That played out in the narrative as well as in how everyone in the town seemed to treat the murders too, a lot of the characters really seemed to play the horror of it only lip service, and immediately focused on their own lives, problems, and the never-ending search for town gossip.

Every character had very clear dual sides - the one that they showed publicl ...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Marcia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A terrific study of the secret ugliness, terror and fear we accumulate and reap in cycles. Having read two of her other books, was expecting the clever twist that was subtlety built up throughout the book. This is a good read.

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Aug 10, 2018 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction

I don鈥檛 typically read this genre, but I found this to be compelling and creepy. I had a hunch about the murderer and was pleased that I was right, but also happy to have a surprise twist in the plot.

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