The second of my Spring Break reads was Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl). It was really good in a really bad way. I kind of didn’t like reading it, but then I also couldn’t put it down. Have you ever read a book that crazy?
Goodreads says…
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.
NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her leg
Since she left town eight years ago, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.
HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE on her ankle
As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.
I can’t decide if I would recommend this one or not. If you are like me and are an equal opportunity reader (ie. I’ll read pretty much anything unless it is harming children or animals) then go for it. It’s haunting and kind of freaky, but not in the way that will keep you up at night or make you cry yourself to sleep. If you like to read about rainbows and unicorns and inspirational and motivational things, then this one wouldn’t really be a fit :-)
Let me know what’s on your bedside. It’s time for me to pick up a LOT of reading while I (not so patiently) wait on my foot to heal!!!!!!!! Speaking of which, it is dramatically better on this FOURTH day of sitting on my sofa. I have a follow up appt with a highly recommended orthopedics and sports medicine doctor. I couldn’t get in until next Friday but I’m on his cancellation list should something open up. Fingers crossed…
xoxo
