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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

3.92 AVERAGE


Amazing, in a very scary way. It gave me goosebumps while listening to it. There are some erotic, but necessary, parts, which were finely executed, sensual but not dirty.

This story is amazingly engrossing. A highly recommended read.
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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
challenging dark emotional 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

Predicted the twist pretty early on. Slow going through most of the book, not one of my faves
dark sad 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

I found this book very gripping despite its flaws. The first half was a little slow to me but it really picked up in the second half.

I thought the murderer was fairly obvious early on in the story, even though it was seemingly supposed to be a twist. 

But also, the descriptions of children’s bodies in the book were just flat out gross. At first I thought that it was meant to show how Camille is very mentally unwell. But by the last time it was mentioned it felt very gratuitous and just weird.

Overall, Camille is a deeply disturbed MC which made her point of view both unreliable and very compelling. And the rest of the family is even stranger. 

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense
medium-paced

oof 

Captivating. Thought I had it figured out, but I was surprised.
dark mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes