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A review by stateofgrace
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
3.5
WAY darker than I anticipated, but still a well written thriller! I liked the setting: the horribly misogynistic town of Wind Gap, with all of its dark secrets. Gillian Flynn writes about how misogynistic attitudes affect women in different ways in a really compelling manner. One quote I liked especially “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.”
The protagonist, Camille, is super fucked up, but she had a really engaging perspective. Amma was a weird character, and her dialogue wasn’t exactly written the way I would expect a thirteen-year-old to speak. Still, she was an interesting character. I loved the quote that Gillian Flynn used to wrap up her character: “A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort”
I didn’t love how dark this book got, especially regarding the sexualisation of the child characters.
The protagonist, Camille, is super fucked up, but she had a really engaging perspective. Amma was a weird character, and her dialogue wasn’t exactly written the way I would expect a thirteen-year-old to speak. Still, she was an interesting character. I loved the quote that Gillian Flynn used to wrap up her character: “A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort”
I didn’t love how dark this book got, especially regarding the sexualisation of the child characters.