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: 7.3

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Readers say *Sharp Objects* by Gillian Flynn is an unnerving, gripping psychological thriller praised for its raw portrayal of trauma and complex, dee...

foxland
Jan 04, 2026
8/10 stars
This book was unnerving on many levels. The characters and scenarios actually left me re-reading portions to ensure I didn't read incorrectly. I'm not one to shock easily but man, disturbing is the only way to describe some pieces of this book.

Camille was a real piece of work. Just as I began mustering some sympathy for her, she proved all the ways she's seriously messed up. Still...she's a victim in a spiral propelling forth more pain and horrible decisions amuck. And even with all of her dysfunction, her little sister is the real terrifying piece of work.

Wow.
sabmosteller
Dec 31, 2024
8/10 stars
This book put me into a new depression
Kate Goldmann
Feb 15, 2026
8/10 stars
Nowadays the only opportunity I have to read for pleasure is while doing cardio at the gym. This is especially unfortunate because this book was a real page turner and it was so hard to put it down at it's most thrilling moments. I really enjoyed this one and IMO, it held far more suspense than Flynn's book turned movie Gone Girl - even the last few pages had an unexpected twist. It was graphic and the characters were dark, messy, and disturbing; making it that much more enjoyable to read.
Elena Domas
Feb 08, 2026
4/10 stars
Like average at best psych thriller. Was predictable af
Kiri
Feb 06, 2026
6/10 stars
3.5

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