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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

3.92 AVERAGE

gardenwall's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

“Winter. No one likes winter.”
“It gets dark early, I like that.”
“Why?”
Because that means the day has ended.

mushroomcottagegirl's review against another edition

2.0

Reading Sharp Objects felt gross. While I don’t actively enjoy the descriptions of selfharm, or sexual acts, I don’t mind it being in a story. Especially a thriller or darker themes. My problem was mostly with the descriptions used for Amma, who was 13 years old. The amount of times her body was described in a way that a child’s body should not be commented on, was uncomfortable. 98% of what Amma says and does bother me because it feels like it was just done for shock value. Like the scene where Camille and her take psychedelics and they’re wearing off a couple of hours later like they don’t usually last over 6 hours on average.

Parts of the story were compelling to me, the prose while disturbing was also kinda interesting. Just the over-sexualization of Amma ruined it for me

bibliolucinda's review against another edition

4.0

“Sometimes 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.”