Sharp Objects: A Novel by Gillian Flynn Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sharp Objects: A Novel
Book Review: Excellent book!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great book! The perfect combination of mystery, suspense and relationships. I couldn't put it down!Book Review: Excellent from Page 1
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm perplexed by the couple of reviewers who talk about having to stick with this novel for the first 30 pages, coming close to folding up early. I thought Gillian Flynn's debut was excellent from Page 1. I especially love how Flynn's narrator, Camille Preaker, slowly reveals little things about her semi-sordid past and her not-too-hot present. As an example, there's a quick early line from Preaker about how she prefers baths because the shower stings her skin. A short while later, we start to learn a little about said skin & you recall that earlier line. Nice writing. Flynn's got heaps of these little nuances, which show some great attention to detail. It's a real treat to read something this well thought out.
The interview with the author that appears here on this page is most revealing. Flynn says "when I wrote Sharp Objects, I wasn't even sure who the killer was for a bit." That shows. But the book isn't so much about the killer as it is about 'Miss Preaker' and her coming to grips with demons of her past. Ms. Flynn aces that part.
Book Review: Expertly Written But Implausible Plot
Summary: 4 Stars
Gillian Flynn is a talented writer who quickly hooks the reader with the great storytelling of her narrator/protagonist, the scarred Chicago journalist, Camille in her first novel SHARP OBJECTS. This is not a novel for the squeamish (the single razor blade on the cover should give readers a clue about that) since it involves a serial killer of children, a very damaged, self injuring heroine, Munchausen by proxy and some real mean thirteen year old girls. All this evil takes place in one small Southern Missouri town which is well detailed but often so over the top weird it strains credibility. The resolution to the mystery does contain a couple of surprising twists but though shocking these surprises are not totally believable. Still, Flynn has a very readable style and her follow up second thriller DARK PLACES is next on my "to be read" pile.Book Review: Fabulous...if you're dark....
Summary: 5 Stars
...and I appreciate a dark worldly view so I loved this first novel. The main character is nothing like you've seen before and there is even a surprise ending. The author took a lot of chances in creating her main character and I applaud the courage it took to make her sooo godawful flawed. The basic plot is: very troubled reporter goes to her hometown to investigate some ghastly murders and comes face to face with her own ghoulish family. Southern Gothic all the way. I raced through it because it was so well-written and suspenseful.Book Review: Fascinatingly gruesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot wait to read what Gilliam Flynn writes next! I had a hard time putting this one down. Flynn wrote an intriguing, horrifying, gruesome, and clever tale. This novel delves into taboo subjects, but in no way repells a reader. She tackled serious subject with finesse.