Sharp Objects
Author: Gillian Flynn
Rating: â 4/5
Date Read: 2012/10/27
Pages: 394
Gillian Flynn is tricky. She makes you think you know whatâs going on, that youâve completely figured out the ending of the book. Then she tricks you. Right when youâre thinking, âoh, I see what you did there, but you canât fool me twiceâ she tricks you again. Because sheâs tricky.
I donât now how effectively I can review this book, because I want to let her trick you. Sharp Objects focuses on a reporter with a dark past who travels from Chicago to her hometown in Missouri to break a story about a serial killer. Itâs one of those books that you canât put down (Iâm being almost literal about that. I definitely walked from the train to my lab without putting down my kindle because I couldnât stop reading. If my mom had seen that, she would have reminded me that crossing busy intersections while reading a book is dangerous).
After reading both Sharp Objects and Flynnâs well-regarded [b:Gone Girl|8442457|Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1339602131s/8442457.jpg|13306276], Iâve got to say that Flynn is a writer to keep an eye on. She may not be a particularly stylish writer, but her books are well paced and masterfully plotted. Plus, sheâs not afraid to create unlikable characters, which in my mind is a great thing.
