Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
"I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence."
Flynn gets me every single time with her disturbing and horrifying, but amazing books. Once again, I find myself wondering what Flynn's brain is like that she can come up with such disturbing minds and fucked up lives, and such different ones.
Camille lost her sister when she was 13 and started to carve words into her flesh, not just cutting but a much more dramatic impact as now her entire body is covered with scars of words. Although still dealing with the emotional distress of her sister passing and her upbringing with a mother who despised her, Camille is doing "okay" as long as she stays away from her family. Now a journalist, Camille's boss decides to send her back to her hometown to uncover a story of murders of teenage girls, whose teeth have been pulled.
While home, Camille starts learning more of her half-sister, a 13-year-old about half her age who comes across perfect to adults, but a trouble-maker and mean girl to her peers. As Camille starts to uncover this story, she also starts to face truths of her past.
This book was a dark thriller, with Camille always at the edge of another mental breakdown, and her struggles. A fantastic read that I would certainly recommend. Flynn, you amaze me.
Synopsis: Reporter Camille Preaker must return to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has barely spoken to her hypochondriac mother or the half-sister she barely knows. Now, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims a little too well and has to unravel her own past to get the story - and survive her homecoming.