Sharp Objects

From New York Times Bestselling author of Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn does it again with Sharp Objects, now an HBO Limited Series starring Amy Adams. 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.

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Published Jul 31, 2007

254 pages

Average rating: 7.25

955 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

sabmosteller
Dec 31, 2024
8/10 stars
This book put me into a new depression
tarabhandari
Sep 10, 2025
6/10 stars
I honestly don’t know how to feel except for WTF?!?!
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(Edited) honestly looking back, and having watched gone girl this book was a little too predictable for me. Even though I didn’t guess the killer immediately I still wasn’t “GAGGED” when I found out who it was… Not my fav thriller. Good, but not my fav. Hence the rating 3 ⭐️
NotoriousBurr
Feb 11, 2025
7/10 stars
I thought I had predicted the ending but the last minute plot twist proved me wrong. I really liked the writing style. The main character was mentally ill and it showed throughout the whole narrative.
nadiasprologue
Dec 28, 2024
10/10 stars
Gillian Flynn you have done it once again.
Noelle Cabral
Dec 26, 2024
6/10 stars
Good book if you’re into creepy shit. Kept me entertained throughout the book. Mainly just finished to get to the end… but the ‘twist’ could have been seen from a mile away. Overall, not bad, not great. Don’t read if you’re a sensitive person and/or don’t like talk of self-harm (there’s a lot of it).

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