Sharp Objects

The narration is incredible, but the story leaves something to be desired. In the beginning, it seems to be really promising, but quickly falls apart towards the middle. I understand bullying and gossip in a small town, but as someone who is FROM a small southern town, I just couldn\’t believe any of it. The things the townspeople did just. Aren\’t things people do. There is also an obsession on sex, which makes sense somewhat, but it is drawn out way too much. Also there\’s a lot of forced underage sex, more than simple pre-teen/teen peer pressure, and it definitely gets uncomfortable after a while. Seriously, please stop describing a 13 year old\’s breasts. I got it the first time. Personally, the other \”gore\” didn\’t bother me, so I don\’t think it was a problem. There are only TWO likable characters, and they are minor and only appear rarely throughout via phone calls. The entire plot is extremely predictable. No spoilers, but seriously I don\’t understand how people were surprised by the reveal. There were some really good moments that had potential, but overall the unbelievable characters and predictable plot left me disappointed. Also the romantic subplots were a joke. They didn\’t make any sense and had no impact on the story other than emphasizing SEX. P.S. You don\’t need to repeat the same foreshadowing line 300 times. I get it: \”A woman would never do such a thing\”

This book is filled with unbelievable characters. The main character is someone who is a cutter and has scratched words into every inch of her body, except her face and the middle of her back. At the same time, the writer wants us to believe that this person can have a reasonably normal life as a reporter. Her whole family is dysfunctional and unbelievable. The 13 year old daughter is one minute playing with an over the top, extravagant doll house and the next second is wearing a mini skirt and flirting with grown men. She acts 2-3 years old one minute and then 30 years old the next. It\’s ridiculous. The mother is another piece of cake and is also unbelievable. She puts up with the daughter\’s unconscionable behavior and is just plain weird, crazy and unsympathetic to the reader. I got through the book as it is well delivered but the whole time I was saying to myself; \”This is really stupid!\”

There\’s something almost magnetic about this book. It quickly becomes hard to listen to and impossible not to. The author has virtually every family disfunction ever featured on Lifetime in this book and I did not roll my eyes once. I can\’t tell you what or how without ruining the agonizing unraveling for you but I think it takes a very skilled pen indeed to make so much seem so natural. At the end I felt real grief for the central character. The narrator\’s performance is flawlessly understated and adds to the mesmerizing almost \’real-time hyper-reality\’ of this unbelievable story. If you\’ve any interest at all in the dark side of small town life and of the american family, I think you will love this book.

I selected this book because I enjoyed \”Gone Girl\” so much. \”Sharp Objects\” is equally as brilliant and in some ways, better. Like \”Gone Girl\”, there is an element of suspense that keeps the reader involved until the end. These characters are equally as flawed and as brilliantly portrayed as the characters in Gone Girl. When I was in college, a group of friends in my dorm used to recite dialogue from the movie classic \”The Bad Seed\” and I found myself thinking of that movie as I was listening. Part \”Bad Seed\”, a little \”Lolita\” with a bit of Patricia Highsmith thrown in for good measure, the book leaves the reader wondering where the author comes up with her ideas. The narrator was perfect, one of the best matches I have come across between a book and reader. Not only did she truly differentiate the characters, but her reading pace was perfect. I knew nothing about the premise of the book before I started listening, and I believe that added to my enjoyment. I think Gillian Flynn is a gifted young writer, and I look forward to reading more of her novels.

This is a mystery where the solution is so obvious that youll guess it quickly.

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