A review by cammiem8
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The narrator for the audio book was perfect, Amma sounded like a southern Azula and it fit her character perfectly. The story had me on edge even though I knew  the ending. There were many times where I was so angry with the protagonists choices, but I get why they were included to show her declining mental state. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Camille reveals that she was

gang raped at a party when she was thirteen, she does not believe that this was a rape despite being extremely intoxicated and much younger than the perpetrators.

This may be upsetting to survivors of sexual assault, as her perspective is to victim blame, despite

having not processed that she was a victim herself.

There are also many depictions of hypersexual children as young as middle school.