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	• Sharp Objects: A Novel Gillian Flynn Three Rivers Press, 2007 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 126 reviews view larger image
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This book was suppose to be somewhat of a dark novel, but it is only slightly dark. The writer made these characters more boring than anything. And as your reading you're looking for a killer. My my...no surprise at all. You kinda know who it is all along. If there's nothing on your reading list right now you can kill time with this.

Excellent from Page 1

I'm perplexed by the couple of reviewers who talk about having to stick with this novel for the first 30 pages, coming close to folding up early. I thought Gillian Flynn's debut was excellent from Page 1. I especially love how Flynn's narrator, Camille Preaker, slowly reveals little things about her semi-sordid past and her not-too-hot present. As an example, there's a quick early line from Preaker about how she prefers baths because the shower stings her skin. A short while later, we start to learn a little about said skin & you recall that earlier line. Nice writing. Flynn's got heaps of these little nuances, which show some great attention to detail. It's a real treat to read something this well thought out.

The interview with the author that appears here on this page is most revealing. Flynn says "when I wrote Sharp Objects, I wasn't even sure who the killer was for a bit." That shows. But the book isn't so much about the killer as it is about 'Miss Preaker' and her coming to grips with demons of her past. Ms. Flynn aces that part.

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Suspensful!

I'd like to know what the people who thought the characters or the book boring usually read. This book is utterly absorbing. It is very dark, gruesome, graphic and even shocking. A well-written book, there is quite a bit packed into 250 pages. I'll look forward to her new book.

Excellent book!

What a great book! The perfect combination of mystery, suspense and relationships. I couldn't put it down!

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