A review by mabelsyrup
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

dark mysterious 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

4.5

This doesn’t even feel like a debut novel bro ily Gillian Flynn.

 this book was twisted and uncomfortable and tense and honestly… kinda nasty, but not in the way you’d think. Sharp Objects is disturbing and nasty in the character work, Camille is mentally troubled and always drunk, Adora is negligent and mysterious, Amma is promiscuous and petty, the town and it’s people feel like they’re drowning you. The book isn’t at all gore oriented, and tho i went into it expecting that I’m not mad at all that i didn’t get that

The whole murder mystery part was very interesting and the unreliable narrator that Camille is had me second guessing and yea I got it wrong but the fucking irony is that I underlined so many things that incriminate the actual killer but I was like not connecting the dots.
One thing I’m not sure if i did or didn’t like was Camille’s history of self harm and how it ties, or doesn’t, to the plot. I wish they would’ve had a bigger role in uncovering who did it but in the end i get why it’s not done cuz it wouldn’t make sense but it would’ve been cool as some sort of misleading hidden-in-plain-sight clue

Overall it was a fantastic introduction to the author, makes me excited to see how i feel about her other books

“When denied access to other body parts, men become fixated on the ear” idk if was just me but there’s so much to unpack with that quote
“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.”
“Hurt as a form of flirtation. Pain as intimacy”
“Depression to me is urine yellow, washed out, exhausted miles of weak piss”
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