This is actually not the book that I planned on writing about this week, but after rapidly finishing Sharp Objects, I couldn't wait to write about it. For those of you who read my post on Gone Girl, you know how much I loved it. I was anxious to read other books by Flynn, and Sharp Objects was definitely a worthy follow up.
When Camille Preaker, a journalist from Chicago, is sent back to her hometown of Wind Gap, MO, to cover what appears to be a serial murder of two little girls, she is reluctant to face the dysfunctional family that she has avoided for years: an overbearing, neurotic mother, a half-sister who is practically a stranger, and the ghost of a sister nearly 30 years dead. Flynn intersects the mystery at hand with mysteries of Camille's past, and you are desperate to solve them both.
This book was fantastic. It was dark and disturbing, but mysterious, and at times, oddly hopeful. Flynn is witty and makes things that should disturb you to your core almost relatable. She paints a descriptive picture of the emotions and struggles, and brings to life each dysfunctional character.
I absolutely recommend Sharp Objects. Like Gone Girl, you spend the whole time trying to predict the ending, trying to solve the murder, and every prediction you make is wrong. Even when you think that everything is solved, you are again surprised by the ending.
