Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
A first novel that reads like the accomplished work of a long-time pro, the book draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.
“One of the best and most disturbing books I have read in a long time.
“Not often enough, I come across a first novel so superb that it seems to have been written by an experienced author, perhaps with 20 earlier books to his or her credit. I'm extremely excited to discover my first debut blowout this year, a sad, horrifying book called Sharp Objects.
“A deeply creepy exploration of small-town Midwestern values and boasts one of the most deliciously dysfunctional families to come along in a while...[Flynn] handles the narrative with confidence and a surprisingly high level of skill.
A compulsively readable psychological thriller that marks [a] dazzling debut.
“Skillful and disturbing.
This impressive debut novel is fueled by stylish writing and compelling portraits of desperate housewives, southern style.
“[Flynn] offers up a literary thriller that's a doozy...and she does it with wit and grit, a sort of Hitchcock visits Stephen King, with plenty of the former's offstage and often only implied violence, and the latter's sense of pacing and facility with dialogue.
“More in the tradition of Joyce Carol Oates than Agatha Christie, this one will leave readers profoundly disturbed. But from the first line...you know you're in the hands of a talented and accomplished writer.”.
“A tense, irresistable thriller.
“Using understated, almost stark prose, Flynn paints a jagged, unflinching portrait of the vise-like psychological bonds between women, and how their demons lead to the perpetuation of cruelties upon themselves and others. The end result is an unsettling portrait of how long emotional wounds can last- and how deeply they hurt.”.
A savage debut thriller that renders the Electra complex electric, the mother/daughter bond a psychopathic stranglehold.
...[a] chilling debut thriller.