Book 28 – Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects is the debut book by the author of the better-known book, Gone Girl. I actually liked this book much better than Gone Girl, possibly because I hated the ending of Gone Girl so much that the book is forever ruined for me. Sharp Objects is another mystery, with a deeply flawed protagonist who is forced to return to her home town to cover the story of two young murder victims. Her homecoming places her face to face with her childhood demons, and she struggles to maintain some semblance of sanity even as the story she is covering drags her further into the dark events of her past.
This book is a great summer read, as is Gone Girl (if you can forgive the ending). I like Flynn’s writing, and I am definitely going to pick up her second book, Dark Places.
Rating: Borrow it.
