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Objetos Cortantes by Gillian Flynn

43 reviews

daisyrain98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Damn, started this because I love the show with all my heart and it was so amazing to read the source material, to get behind every scene in the show that I wanted more from. The book gave me all the dialogue I never knew I needed and had me so drawn in every time I sat down to read. Could read this again and again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

smixter88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

I don't really know how to put my review into words. It's a very intense, dark, and disturbing book. I was unsure I'd be able to finish it. I did not read what this book was about. I saw the cover and one quote on the front of the book. That's what I get for judging a book by the cover. It's a bad habit I have. I put the book down telling myself I wasn't going to finish. In fact I opened another book up and started to read it. While reading the other book, I kept thinking about this one and if justice was served. That's when I found myself reading this book again. Her writing is great. She really knows how to draw you in. Had I known what was in this book, I wouldn't have read it. I can't say that I'd recommend it unless you have absolutely zero triggers because this book is full of them. Almost every page has one. This is her debut novel. What a way to start your career. It's hard for me to rate this book. Did she suck me in? Yes. Did it disturb the hell out of me? 1,000% yes. Did I enjoy the book? Unknown. Will it live rent free in my head for far too long? Yup. I usually have a star rating system, but I can't use that for this book, because by no means does it need to be up on someones TBR. Unless you absolutely can leave your feelings and your stomach at coat check. I'll be rating it based on her writing, her ability to grab my attention, and need more. For that I have to give her five stars. Read at your own risk. Check the trigger warnings and READ what the book is about before you crack it open. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Torture, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

giannadelpercio's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcohol, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

latteatthelibrary's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

alek_n's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

mabelsyrup's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This doesn’t even feel like a debut novel bro ily Gillian Flynn.

 this book was twisted and uncomfortable and tense and honestly… kinda nasty, but not in the way you’d think. Sharp Objects is disturbing and nasty in the character work, Camille is mentally troubled and always drunk, Adora is negligent and mysterious, Amma is promiscuous and petty, the town and it’s people feel like they’re drowning you. The book isn’t at all gore oriented, and tho i went into it expecting that I’m not mad at all that i didn’t get that

The whole murder mystery part was very interesting and the unreliable narrator that Camille is had me second guessing and yea I got it wrong but the fucking irony is that I underlined so many things that incriminate the actual killer but I was like not connecting the dots.

One thing I’m not sure if i did or didn’t like was Camille’s history of self harm and how it ties, or doesn’t, to the plot. I wish they would’ve had a bigger role in uncovering who did it but in the end i get why it’s not done cuz it wouldn’t make sense but it would’ve been cool as some sort of misleading hidden-in-plain-sight clue

Overall it was a fantastic introduction to the author, makes me excited to see how i feel about her other books

“When denied access to other body parts, men become fixated on the ear” idk if was just me but there’s so much to unpack with that quote

“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.”

“Hurt as a form of flirtation. Pain as intimacy”

“Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Suicide

igroswell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The fact that this is Gillian Flynn’s debut, is insane. Respectfully, the woman is unhinged LOL but the book was fantastic. Read it in two days. I was enamored with the story and couldn’t wait to find out the identity of the killer. Overall, the plot twist was well played out and I didn’t find it to be cheesy. I also didn’t see it coming. Fantastic book, it gets a 4, only because the plot twist was good, but I’ve read better. I’d recommend this to anyone who loves mystery. The self harm gets pretty graphic, I did have to take a break for a little bit, probably the only dislike about it. Anyone who likes fast paced suspenseful novels would love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Murder, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Rape

catcatcatcatcat's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Incest, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Child death, Drug use, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

oliveloves2read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Death, and Grief

sierra_alexis's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Book was pretty flat and so were the characters but it proved interesting especially

in the end with the Amma plot twist. You could sort of see it coming and it was so close to the end that it wasn't really enough to help the rest of the book but I’m glad it was there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, and Suicide