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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

3.92 AVERAGE

baikeybooks's review

4.0

wow- totally crazy but such a good read

adorabooks's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mjhsttlr's review against another edition

5.0

I really, really liked this book. Quite a bit more than Gone Girl actually (hate to compare, but it's hard not to). All reports going into this one were that it was her darkest book (which is saying something), and maybe it is. But I felt like that's less because of the subject matter and more because she delves so deeply into her characters in Sharp Objects. The darkness maybe isn't more so much as it's more fleshed out. And that's what I think made it better for me. Really seeing the hows and whys. Viscerally. It's so hard to say anything about Gillian Flynn's books while avoiding all spoilers, so I just won't say any more unless I do it later (after sleeping on it) in a hidden spoilers section. Now, on to Dark Places!

ashryver34's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Check trigger warnings for this book for real! It's a very dark, southern gothic centered on family trauma, substance abuse, and psychological mistreatment.

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jennasmithson's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mooreads_'s review

1.0

Well...
I really enjoyed this book for the first 100 pages and then it just went downhill.
I don't mind a little backstory in a thriller but this felt too much? I don't really understand why we needed to know so much about the FMC and what it added to the story?
As well as that, the 'whodunit' was pretty obvious which kind of left the rest of the story feeling pointless. I'm all for the ride to get to the conclusion but this just felt like a waste of eyeballs.

Overall, 2 stars is generous and can't say I will be rushing to read another Flynn book again.
I'm just happy this book was £1!

21/07 - on reflection, changed to 1 star because i'm mad.