Gillian Flynn

Ann Marie Lee

A Novel

Sharp Objects

Lindy

A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.

Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. 

"I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.“ 

I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comfort me. She has never told me she loved me, and I never assumed she did. She tended to me. She administrated me. Oh, yes, and one time she bought me lotion with vitamin E.

Rasina kami

I shouldn't have done it. It wasn't professional. But I was so tired of being alone in my head

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“I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.”

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”

“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.”

AN HBO LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims--a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story--and survive this homecoming.

“i feel like a warm gust of wind could exhale my way and i’d be disappeared forever, not even a sliver of fingernail left behind. on some days, i find this thought calming; on others it chills me.”

“i had shattered some delicate dynamic. a multichild household is a pit of petty jealousies, this i knew.”

“the children, too, hovered about, little blonde ghosts trapped in a limbo between indolence and stupidity.”

Majhno mesto, velika skrivnost. Nekako tako bi lahko opisali Wind Gap, mestece na ameriškem srednjem vzhodu, rojstno mesto novinarke Camille. Po dolgem času se vrne, da bi za svoj časopis raziskala nenavaden umor in izginotje dveh deklic. Camille ve, da pod na videz idealistično krinko malega mesteca, kjer se vsi poznajo, brbotajo zamere in deviacije, zato se z odporom odpravi domov. Njena mama, bogata dedinja ogromne prašičje farme, je do nje hladna, medtem ko se do njene mlajše pol sestre Amme vede čudaško. Bolj ko Camille brska po odnosih v mestu, bolj se ji razkriva zamolčana, temačna družinska zgodovina, hkrati pa tudi osrčje teme, ki prepreda neraziskana umora.

Beatriz Salvador 

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. 

As a child, I struggled to find a solid resemblance between my mother and myself, some link that would prove l came from her. I'd study her when she wasn't looking, steal the framed portraits from her room and try to convince myself I had her eyes. Or maybe it was something not in the face. The turn of a calf or the hollow of my neck.

Rachael Copas

From the author of the No.1 bestseller and international phenomenon GONE GIRL. Now a major HBO/SKY ATLANTIC TV series starring Amy Adams, with the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallee. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

A major HBO & Sky Atlantic Limited Series starring Amy Adams, from the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallée

Brittany

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. Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman's body experiences. Tampons and speculums. Cocks, fingers, vibrators and more, between the legs, from behind, in the mouth. Men love to put things inside women, don’t they?

Tiana Coates

Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

Michelle Ghavie

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.” 

HOW DID I NOT SEE IT COMING. What a crazy book. And her debut novel at that!! 

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.” 

HOW DID I NOT SEE IT COMING. What a crazy book. And her debut novel at that!! 

Amina

this is the book that got me into thrillers when I was in high school. I arguably think it's her best work (yes, even more than gone girl)

anna g

excellent excellent holds up on the third go round

Lola

This was a rough read, this story is descriptively gruesome and macabre, part of me feels it should almost come with a warning. 
It took me almost 30% of the way in before i really felt "hooked" by the story and characters, but once hooked i couldn't put it down until i finished it.

Patrick Book

I liked it more than I expected. Why can’t ladies just be nice to each other??

radhika dhawan

Pratik M

A dark and at times creepy tale of small-town America. A sordid homecoming for the protagonist who isn’t exactly on the up & up. No major mystery but with overly matured children and their antics is enough to worry you.

armoni mayes

i truly was shook at the twist in this book. one of my all time favorite thrillers now

Anjorin Molayo 

this book was so cringey. i guess that was what the author was aiming at. giving it 1 star is me been generous. i’m surprised i actually finished the book.

ellie moriarty

a fucked up mother-daughter relationship? 5 stars.

arwen

Dhara Trivedi

Fenix Voliton 

oh my god. motherhood?!… nightmares?!…

a novel

Sharp objects

Caroline

“The face you give the world, tells the world how to treat you.”

Sharp Objects is my first read of the year 2020 and the first book I have read by author Gillian Flynn. First let me start with the star ratings I have given this book. All through this book I was stuck between a 1 or a 2 star rating but I kind of ended up giving it a 3 star rating only because of the climax. I must say the author really took me by surprise with such an unpredictable end.

On the other hand I thought the whole story was blown out of proportion and was all over the place or should i say was all over the town. Every character in the book has a very dark, shadowy, sad, depressing past which they carry with them throughout the whole story, be it Camilla Precker, her mother Adora or the thirteen year half sister who does not quite behave her age. According to me the author had roped in way too many characters, which have little or no contribution to the story except for the juicy gossips they provided around town. 

Honestly,halfway through the book I found it difficult to put a finger on as to which direction the story was really headed. was it the story of the main protagonist Camilla Precker and the shadowy relationship with her mother and her half sister or story of the investigation into the case of the girls how had been murdered and how all this would end up being related to Camilla? Even when the story got interesting I found that the author had put pages after pages describing people or the town of wind gap due to which as a reader i was losing interest and was unable to keep focus . I felt the book was highly descriptive. 

For me personally the book only got interesting in the last four five chapters. All I can say is that i had my fingers crossed hoping for a unpredictable end, which according to me the author lived up too.

Gillian Flynn is a fantastic author. I think this book was expertly executed with the many reveals as well as the complexity of the characters. 

Emma Miller

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.
--back cover

Bella Baxter

Interesting read. Bit slow up until 3/4 in. Then the ending was mad quick.

Aparna

The book was dark and sad when the words that present emotions to us of long-lasting damage inflicted to people they ought to and perhaps love. It's heart wrenching but a good storyline.

kayla 

Sandrin

uhm... well... 3.5 stars, i guess?
almost gave it 3 because of the main character who basically made every wrong decision possible and still managed to survive somehow

I spoiled this book for myself but I do love the story. 

Korean edition of SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn who is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl. In Sharp Objects is Flynns debut novel. In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Huiting Lim

half an hour after finishing the book and i can still feel my stomach physically turning. im taking that as a sign that i should read more gillian flynn novels (but perhaps on an emptier stomach the next time)

Meh. With the hype I expected so much more. I kinda knew who was doing it the moment you met the family. Also I wasn't a fan of the writing style? It was very strangely written and I know it might have been to set the atmosphere of the book but I honestly just found it annoying and unappealing. 

It's not a bad book per say, but I wouldn't read it again and if I knew what I know now I probably wouldn't even read it in the first place. 

Anežka Knorrová

Meh. With the hype I expected so much more. I kinda knew who was doing it the moment you met the family. Also I wasn't a fan of the writing style? It was very strangely written and I know it might have been to set the atmosphere of the book but I honestly just found it annoying and unappealing. 

It's not a bad book per say, but I wouldn't read it again and if I knew what I know now I probably wouldn't even read it in the first place. 

Julie Rubens

I liked this book, but to be honest, I expected more from it. It was kind of predictable and the murders didn't really interest me all that much. Nevertheless, it was an easy read and I didn't mind reading the book at all either.

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