zerkleoflife 's review for:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Gillian Flynn is a fantastic author. Every character was extremely complex. I took off a point because so many scenes made me really uncomfortable (in the ways the author intended). A lot of things were really shocking but still made sense to the characters. I sort of guessed the end because I understood the characters, not necessarily because it was super predictable. Definitely check the trigger warnings!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts