Sharp Objects (Paperback) by Gillian Flynn

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Two preteen girls have been murdered in the all-American town of Wind Gap, Missouri. Camille, the alcoholic daughter of the town's most affluent family, returns to her hometown as a reporter to cover the crimes. She unearths plenty of dysfunction as she probes the town's and her family's secrets....

from msf59

Sharp Objects is a nifty title but this dark crime novel could have also been called "Some Seriously Screwed-Up People" or simply "Damaged Goods". Camille Preaker, a reporter for a small Chicago newspaper, is given an assignment to return to her hometown in Missouri and investigate the murders of...

from beentsy

Another reviewer talked of how certain words came to them when thinking about this book. This is somehow an excellent way of reviewing this particular book. Some of the words I might pick would be wince, flinch, brow furrowing, shoulder scrunching, and shudder. Don't let those words dissuade yo...

from TechWorm

Sharp Objects is a must read for anyone who appreciates an intelligent murder mystery with a strong plot and even stronger characters. Gillian Flynn's debut novel both surprised and impressed me. Not a lot of things scare me in novels, but I found that Sharp Objects was extremely disturbing in th...

from swl

I can see why this book is getting a lot of attention - it's remarkable. Sometimes in these heavily atmospheric, almost memoir-like mysteries, the crime is overwhelmed by, or not of the same importance as, the rest of the mix. In this came, the plot is unravelled at an exquisitely tense pace, and...