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...