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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

3.92 AVERAGE


actually, i think i might like this a LIL bit more than gone girl

i want to give this book five stars, i really do, but i can't... I'm still torn between giving it 3.5⭐ or 4⭐.
i loved the story, i loved the writing style and was so invested in what happened and who did it that it was hard for me to put it down. and if i had more free time and wasn't exhausted from work it wouldn't have taken me so long to finish this book. i had my suspects from the beginning till the end and was quite right, but the plot twist at the end caught me off guard.
the only reason i am not rating it five stars is because i disliked almost all characters and found them really annoying. overall i really enjoyed this book, not sure if I'll ever read it again, but I am glad i read it.

Rage era read
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sympathizing's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

Too misogynistic. Too pro-cop. Literal copaganda. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holy SHIT!  I just finished this book and have the immediate need to reread with the knowledge of who did it, because I was fully convinced it was someone else the entire time.  Literally could not put this down; stay tuned for my Letterboxd review of the show because that is coming soon
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I genuinely wish I could erase a book from my brain. What on earth is the purpose of writing something this disturbing? I was also completely bored by it? Also the crazy amount of misogyny? The way everything was grimy for no reason? The entire main character? Gah. Regrets. Big reading regrets. 
slow-paced
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rmcnally's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 23%

I got bored
dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes