What I read in August - Sharp Objects

 

Title —Sharp Objects — Gillian Flynn

If anybody has watched the Movie, Gone Girl, you would know who the author Gillian Flynn is. The Sharp Objects is the debutant novel of Gillian Flynn, released in 2006. The story is about the reporter Camille Parker who is sent to her hometown to get the story of 2 girls murdered. By now, you should know that this book is a murder mystery genre.

What made me read this book?

I don’t know anything about the 2014 released Gone Girl that I watched then. But after watching the movie, I learned that this psychological thriller is based on the book of the same name, Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. After many years when I found Sharp Objects book in the library, without any thought, I picked the book.

The theme is dark, all the characters esp Women in the story, have all dark and bizarre issues. You feel pain while reading the book, and you don’t want to read the book with all such creepy problems, but you are still intrigued by the book as you want to know the mystery and the suspense. There is some feeling and empathy for the characters while reading. The situation is alarming for society if we dive deep and look at the problems that seem weird. Gillian Flynn did amazingly in crafting and drafting stories relating to thriller and murder mysteries. However, we all must be mindful that Reader discretion is advised for R rated content.

Some of quotes/lines I loved from book

“Let me say it aloud, because I’ve been thinking too long, and thoughts can be a little tricky for me- they zip away from you, you know. Like trying to catch the Fish in your hands. “

“How do you keep safe when your whole day is as wide and empty as the sky? “

“The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.”

“Problems always start long before you really, really see them.”

Finally — this book is a fantastic read that gives you all the thrill and suspense while reading. Though it starts slowly, the story picks up gradually, and you turn the pages to read more and more.

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