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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn

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Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, 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 in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.

Praise for Sharp Objects

“Nasty, addictive reading.”—Chicago Tribune

“Skillful and disturbing.”—Washington Post

“Darkly original . . . [a] riveting tale.”—People

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[Poll:\ \ What's your favorite book setting?\ \ One of my favorite settings in a horror or thriller novel is a small town filled with secrets. Here's an ultimate list to get your small town horror fix.\ \

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Jackal by Erin Adams - Liz, a Black woman is going back home to her predominately white small town for her best friends wedding. She's in charge of looking after her best friends daughter, Caroline during the wedding and she ends up vanishing. In this town, young Black girls go missing year after year and no one seems to be doing anything about it so Liz decides to take matters into her own hands. \ \
Maggies Grave by David Sodergren - In a tiny Scottish town, it's rumored that Maggie Wall who was buried as a witch with her unborn baby in the 1600s has been haunting the residents here. When a new visitor comes to town, it seems like Maggie has been awoken and is here for revenge. \ \
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - A reporter goes back to her small home town to investigate the murder and disappearance of 2 teenage girls. She having to deal with the very toxic relationship with her mother as well.\ \
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson - Madison Washington is an outcast at her small Georgia high school. The school is finally having their first integrated prom and she's asked to go by the very popular quarterback. Prom night is here and it's gone horribly wrong leaving the majority of her classmates dead. Now we listen to a podcast where the few survivors recount their experience. ** AMAZING AUDIOBOOK\ \
The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn - When Aaron was a child being raised by his aunt, she mysteriously died leaving him an orphan. Now 20 years later, he's dealing with the grief of losing his son and is back in the house he grew up in. Almost instantly he starts seeing a little boy who follows him everywhere and is plagued by horrible dreams. \ \
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson - 2 strange sisters living in this house on the outskirts of town, its rumored that one of them is responsible for killing the rest of their family. \ \
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones - Tolly Driver attends a high school party which goes horribly wrong, and he starts taking out his classmates.](https://madisoncanread.binderybooks.com/item/LzaCRd2Lk1iRxn4ok0kN/)

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