Book Review: Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects
Publisher: Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group
Release Date: 2006
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Publisher’s Description:
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille Preaker’s first assignment at her second-rate daily paper takes her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. As she works to uncover the truth, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims – a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.
It’s hard not to make comparisons to Flynn’s 2012 novel, Gone Girl, when reading Sharp Objects, which was her debut novel. I had to remind myself that since Gone Girl was my favorite book of 2012, it was highly unlikely that Sharp Objects would be as good. And that’s true it wasn’t – but it was still very, very good. Gillian Flynn has created complicated, creepy characters and a complex plot with a nice twist at the end. Flynn makes Camille’s hometown’s thick, gothic atmosphere jump off the page. And somehow she made me sympathize with Camille, even though she made so many bad choices. This book is an excellent thriller – a must read.
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