Sharp Objects is one of the most thrilling and terrifying novels I've ever read. Gillian Flynn 's debut novel tells the story of the journalist Camille Preaker . She's a cutter, who carves words onto her skin using knives and other sharp objects. She can barely cover the words sliced onto her skin, a permanent reminder of her troubled past. Camille is given an assignment to cover a pair of murders. Two preteen girls have been abducted and strangled in the small town of Wind Gap. All their teeth are missing. Camille must now return home and face her neurotic, hypochondriac mother ( Adora ), her beautiful half-sister ( Amma ), and the memory of her dead sister ( Marian ) She must confront her childhood traumas. As she delves deeper into her investigation, we learn more about her, her family, her friends, and her hometown. Wind Gap is a town filled with horrifying secrets, but who hides the biggest secret of them all? Will Camille survive her homecoming or wil...
So many books, so little time.