AJ Dunn Reads

  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Was Sharp Objects as good as Gone Girl ? No. Was it a twisty thriller that surprised me? Also, no. But it was a fast-paced read with interestingly disgusting characters that you love to hate, and ultimately a satisfying story. The novel follows reporter Camille Preaker who is sent back to her hometown to work on a story about two murdered little girls. Camille is forced to come to terms with her own childhood while she navigates the small town ghosts that haunt her. A cold and distant mother, a violent and fake little sister, an investigator who uses his charm to get into Camille's inner circle, and a town populated with girls and women who make you cringe and remember what being in high school was really like. Flynn pulls no punches with Sharp Objects . She's a master at opening up wounds we thought we ourselves had healed, using unflinching language to explore the disturbed psyches of girls and women fighting for their lives against one anoth...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn  Wow! What a ride. Gone Girl is hands down one of my new favorite books. Fast paced, edge of your seat, page turner. Characters you love to hate and plot twists you never saw coming. Trope flipping. It has everything. And on top of all that, it is well-written, with biting, sharp, no holding back prose. Gillian Flynn hit a home run with this book. Amy Elliott-Dunne is missing and her husband quickly becomes public enemy number one in the case. Did he kill her? All signs point to "yes". BUT, that's not the whole story. Was Amy truly afraid for her life before she disappeared? Was she the victim of a cold, cheating liar of a husband? I so badly want to write the plot twist here because it was just so good, but in case someone happens to actually read this, and has not read the book or seen the movie, I don't want to give it away. It's the kind of twist you tell someone, "You have to read this book!" or "Wait till you get to...