Dear Gillian Flynn,
My introduction to you was 2012’s Gone Girl; I was hooked from the get go and could NOT put it down. I have to say – it set the bar really high for your books.
Unfortunately, this one did not meet that bar.
You’d clearly grown as a writer by the time Gone Girl came out, but this one just fell flat. I bumped up my rating by half a star since it was your debut – but in reality, it was very meh.
I figured out who the killer was by chapter 8. It read more like a whiny diary about Camille’s life than a crime thriller. I wanted to be kept on the edge of my seat and kept guessing who the killer was, but that’s not what I got.
All in all, I was disappointed. I wasn’t fully engaged, and the only reason I kept reading was in the hopes that I was wrong about who the killer obviously was. Spoiler: I wasn’t.
I’ll keep reading your books, but I’ll definitely be a bit more choosier in the future.
2 comments on “Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn”
Mandi, have you read Dark Places? I read it after Gone Girl and was disappointed too. Sharp Objects is one I never quite finished; it bored me. Based on your review, I’m thinking my guess on the killer was right on. I’ll get to finishing it eventually, I’m sure.
The Grownup was better, but it was so short.
I haven’t – this one and Gone Girl are the only two I’ve read. Starting with Gone Girl made me think that I’d love everything she wrote… whoops?
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