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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Yep - another dark and twisted mystery from Gillian Flynn. This one didn't have quite the same grit as Dark Places or Gone Girl, but I still liked it. The protagonist, Camille Preaker, just out of the white walled building, is plunged back into the depths of her small hometown life when the murder of two little girls garners big city attention and her boss wants her to cover the story. Camille sets to simply report on the task, but by virtue of her past, becomes deeply entangled within the web capturing victims. Returning to her roots, and particularly to her mother, proves to be almost more than Camille can swallow. However, her ever attentive mother seems to always find a way...
Yep - another dark and twisted mystery from Gillian Flynn. This one didn't have quite the same grit as Dark Places or Gone Girl, but I still liked it. The protagonist, Camille Preaker, just out of the white walled building, is plunged back into the depths of her small hometown life when the murder of two little girls garners big city attention and her boss wants her to cover the story. Camille sets to simply report on the task, but by virtue of her past, becomes deeply entangled within the web capturing victims. Returning to her roots, and particularly to her mother, proves to be almost more than Camille can swallow. However, her ever attentive mother seems to always find a way...
“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.
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.
Kind of a creepy and sick story line, but it was unraveled slowly and kept my interest. Awesome writing!
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