Sharp Objects
A major HBO & Sky Atlantic Limited Series starring Amy Adams, from the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallée
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4.2 • 357 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Twisted, creepy and powerful, Gillian Flynn’s debut has much in common with Gone Girl, her phenomenally successful third novel. Sharp Objects is an inky-black psychological thriller about Camille, a troubled young reporter who’s sent to her backwater hometown to report on a gruesome murder and frightening disappearance. As Camille attempts to crack the story she hopes will jumpstart her stalling career, she must contend with terrifying truths about her own past.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Flynn gives new meaning to the term "dysfunctional family" in her chilling debut thriller. Camille Preaker, once institutionalized for youthful self-mutilation, now works for a third-rung Chicago newspaper. When a young girl is murdered and mutilated and another disappears in Camille's hometown of Wind Gap, Mo., her editor, eager for a scoop, sends her there for a human-interest story. Though the police, including Richard Willis, a profiler from Kansas City, Mo., say they suspect a transient, Camille thinks the killer is local. Interviewing old acquaintances and newcomers, she relives her disturbed childhood, gradually uncovering family secrets as gruesome as the scars beneath her clothing. The horror creeps up slowly, with Flynn misdirecting the reader until the shocking, dreadful and memorable double ending. She writes fluidly of smalltown America, though many characters are clich s hiding secrets. Flynn, the lead TV critic for Entertainment Weekly, has already garnered blurbs from Stephen King and Harlan Coben. 5-city author tour; foreign rights sold in 10 countries.
Customer Reviews
Dark and Sharp
This a fairly dark novel that is cleverly thought out. If you liked Girl with a Dragon Tattoo's heroin then you'll like the narrator of this book. Set contemporary USA, the plot moves along well and won't disappoint.
Great but morbid
Was a very interesting story, a bit hard to read at times but I persevered so I could find out 'who did it' and I was very happy I did! Great story in the end!
I think I have found my new favorite author.
A great read!