Sharp Objects

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The last of the 3 books I finished while time stood still on the 'ol blog was Sharp Objects. It was recommended by a friend and since Gillian Flynn enthralled me once before I was completely willing to jump right into this title.

Within the first five pages you are immediately brought into the world of Camille Preaker, a late thirty-something writer for a newspaper in Chicago. Her boss learns of a double murder case of two teenage girls in a sleepy town in Missouri and decides Camille needs to cover the case. Camille is reluctant to follow orders as the location also happens to be her childhood hometown. She does go and immediately you are sucked down the rabbit hole into the nuances of this small town, the ghosts and traumas of Camille's past, and her "totally-horrific-but-you're-not-sure-why" family. Eerie is a good word to describe the overall tone of the book and if I could hand pick a soundtrack to play in your head while you read it'd be a very subtle, muted yet present high pitched screech.

I have to say Gillian Flynn has become one of my favorite authors. I'm a big fan of the horror/mystery/thriller genre but often find these books to be milder than I'd like. Flynn is an exception. She's unique because while her books aren't necessarily filled with intense, heart racing, white knuckled, page turning events sprinkled throughout a plot she instead finds a way to make the reader experience a milder version of these feelings and makes it last throughout the entire book. You have the feeling that something is very, very wrong but you can't put your finger on it and you won't put the book down until this feeling ends.

Flynn is also the author of Dark Places which I do believe I will read at some point. As I've stated, I do enjoy her work and if you enjoy stepping into the dark and twisted yet completely realistic worlds created by genius authors I'd recommend any of Flynn's titles.

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