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Sharp Objects
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I wanted to read Gone Girl, but now I don't know...
I'm honestly shocked this book has so many four to five star reviews, I'm glad some people are enjoying. In my humble opinion though this book...sucked. It is needlessly vulgar, sexual, and dark. I feel like I should pause here to say I do not have an inherent problem with this kind of content in books, however, this book has this kind of content for no purpose. There is so little story.
With that being said I would like to ask Ms. Flynn what kind of book this is supposed to be, is it a twisted family drama? A murder mystery? A thriller romance? A secret hiding-small town horror? Because it seems to be all of them. It would be one thing to include elements of each of these, but it's like the theme rotates each chapter.
The characters are enragingly shallow. They are all one dimensional self-loathing, and people loathing for that matter. There is not enough history given to "get" any character. It also seems that all Adora's friends with their secrets were just kind of forgotten, Richard was useless.
The plot "twist" was incredibly pointless, it was as if she finished writing and then thought "Wait! I know a way to make it a chapter longer, and I can explain it in less than four pages, who cares if it makes sense!"
I feel bad hating on this book so much, but it was just so bad. It didn't know what genre it was, it was as though Ms. Flynn just wanted to write...something and didn't even bother sticking to a storyline, or completely wrapped up a subplot.
If you wanted to read a good murder mystery/family drama that's good I would suggest The Girl On The Train, it has similar themes but does it 150% better.
I'm honestly shocked this book has so many four to five star reviews, I'm glad some people are enjoying. In my humble opinion though this book...sucked. It is needlessly vulgar, sexual, and dark. I feel like I should pause here to say I do not have an inherent problem with this kind of content in books, however, this book has this kind of content for no purpose. There is so little story.
With that being said I would like to ask Ms. Flynn what kind of book this is supposed to be, is it a twisted family drama? A murder mystery? A thriller romance? A secret hiding-small town horror? Because it seems to be all of them. It would be one thing to include elements of each of these, but it's like the theme rotates each chapter.
The characters are enragingly shallow. They are all one dimensional self-loathing, and people loathing for that matter. There is not enough history given to "get" any character. It also seems that all Adora's friends with their secrets were just kind of forgotten, Richard was useless.
The plot "twist" was incredibly pointless, it was as if she finished writing and then thought "Wait! I know a way to make it a chapter longer, and I can explain it in less than four pages, who cares if it makes sense!"
I feel bad hating on this book so much, but it was just so bad. It didn't know what genre it was, it was as though Ms. Flynn just wanted to write...something and didn't even bother sticking to a storyline, or completely wrapped up a subplot.
If you wanted to read a good murder mystery/family drama that's good I would suggest The Girl On The Train, it has similar themes but does it 150% better.
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December 17, 2017
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December 31, 2017
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April 1, 2018
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Finished Reading
Not to mention, Amma's friends. The accomplices. We're supposed to buy that Amma is damaged because of her damaged-by-her-mother mother, but why would her friends help her kill? And kill kids at that. Even though the author has completely forgotten to explain it (which is so telling), I'll go so far to give her the benefit of doubt that she imagines her friends felt forced into helping Amma with the first murder because of her being so popular and what not (still a reach, I feel) but why would they with the second?? If we're to supposed to then think that it whetted their appetite (implying some level of psychopathy), doesn't this deserve a mention, leave alone proper explanation?
The thing is, the author seems to know the sex ratio of these type of crimes (which is similar to all criminality, actually), mentions it in the book several times. She perhaps even has some superficial understanding of how social conditioning could be what fuels this dichotomy. And then contrives the complete opposite, with nary an explanation.