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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

9 reviews

opal_scorpio's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i felt like the plot slowed in the middle but i was definitely interested throughout. i couldn’t really put it down by the time i reached the last third of the book. the narrator isn’t perfect but you definitely felt bad for her and could understand why her judgment was clouded and she kept making poor decisions. 

i do feel like it took Camille too long to come to terms with her mother’s abuse when it was so overt to the reader. the twist of it being her sister at the end was really good though. i felt like it was done when her mother was arrested but i was completely shocked it was Amma and her friends who killed those two girls! i thought she was simple apathetic from her own trauma from their mother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Rape

mirandahems's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

interesting mystery, kept me hooked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Blood, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

isabellelle_11's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Self harm, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Cursing, Classism, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Animal death, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Body shaming, and Infertility

lorie266's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use and Death

Minor: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

tkatt20'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? No

3.5

This book contains very descriptive and serious topics and content, please proceed with caution and look up a full list of TWs for this book, I also have a list at the end of my reveiw of some I took note of.

This was a ride. The premise it's was good, it felt like reading a Criminal Minds episode for the first 100 or so pages, but then we entered into the second half where things dragged and got weirder and more off-putting, and not in a good way, more of a "why is this thirty+ year old taking drugs from a 13 year old" way. I did genuinely like the main plots of the book, but once the MC has a few vastly inappropriate interactions with underage characters I was a little checked out. 
I did keep reading for the mystery though. I was so certain I knew who the killer was but was quickly proven wrong at the end. I thought the characters were very interesting, mostly unlikable, but interesting nonetheless, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how they all responded to the crimes going on in their little town. If you're looking for a multi-layered, macabre mystery, then this will be perfect for you, otherwise I would go looking for something a little lighter and to preserve a little bit of the innocence you may have left.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Alcoholism, Vomit, Mental illness, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Classism, Lesbophobia, Cancer, and Cannibalism

abbyj_04's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

it was slow in the beginning but when it picked up, it PICKED up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Self harm, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Suicide, Rape, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Torture, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

vthecreature's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

The kind of book to make you sit and stare at the floor after finishing it. Very dark, everyone's a suspect so lots of intrigue, plenty of creepy and disgusting situations. Mind the content warnings. It's very visceral and immersive, which is brilliantly done but at times too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Confinement, Vomit, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Rape, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

abbycrotts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body shaming, Vomit, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexism, Cursing, and Animal death