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Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects: A Novel

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Amazon.com ReviewAs loyal Entertainment Weekly subscribers, we have been fans of Gillian Flynn for her smart, funny, and spot-on reviews of books, movies, and TV, but we were not prepared for her stunning debut novel Sharp Objects, a wickedly dark thriller that Stephen King calls a “relentlessly creepy family saga” and an “admirably nasty piece of work.” We're calling it a cross between Twin Peaks and Secretary--sinister, sexy, and stylish. Perfect fall reading. --Daphne Durham
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Gillian Flynn
Q: Do you prefer writing novels or reviewing?A: I think writing is more pure--and actually a bit easier for me. It's just me and my laptop, not me and my laptop and a TV show that 30 people have worked on. Reviewing keeps you sharp--I can hardly watch or read anything without taking notes now--but plain old writing I find actually relaxing.
Q: Do think your writing is influenced more by books that you have read, or shows/movies that you have seen?A: My mom spent her career as a reading teacher and my dad is a retired film professor, so I was really steeped in both books and movies growing up. To this day, when I get my dad on the phone, pretty much his first sentence is “Seen anything good lately?” I love putting words together (I've never met a simile I didn't like), but when I write I often think in “scenes”--I want these two people, in a dirty bar, with this song playing in the background.
Q: I hear you are working on your second book…is it is too early to ask what it's about?A: I'm still playing around with the whole plot--when I wrote Sharp Objects, I wasn't even sure who the killer was for a bit. But I can say [the new book] has to do with family loyalty, false memories, a wrenching murder trial, and a dash of good 'ole 1980s hair metal and devil worship.
Q: What is your writing process like? Have you changed anything about how you work since your first book?A: My writing process is incredibly inefficient, and hasn't changed between books. I really don't outline: I know basically how I want the story to start, and vaguely how I want it to end (though like I said, with Sharp Objects even that changed!). Then I just write: Some characters I start finding more interesting, some less. I write entire swaths that I pretty much know I'll cut. I have an entire file of “deleted scenes.” I guess the one thing that has physically changed is I moved into a new place since my first book--it has a great bathtub, and I'll prop my laptop up and write in the bath for hours. Which is, admittedly, weird.
From Publishers WeeklyFlynn gives new meaning to the term “dysfunctional family” in her chilling debut thriller. Camille Preaker, once institutionalized for youthful self-mutilation, now works for a third-rung Chicago newspaper. When a young girl is murdered and mutilated and another disappears in Camille's hometown of Wind Gap, Mo., her editor, eager for a scoop, sends her there for a human-interest story. Though the police, including Richard Willis, a profiler from Kansas City, Mo., say they suspect a transient, Camille thinks the killer is local. Interviewing old acquaintances and newcomers, she relives her disturbed childhood, gradually uncovering family secrets as gruesome as the scars beneath her clothing. The horror creeps up slowly, with Flynn misdirecting the reader until the shocking, dreadful and memorable double ending. She writes fluidly of smalltown America, though many characters are clichés hiding secrets. Flynn, the lead TV critic for Entertainment Weekly, has already garnered blurbs from Stephen King and Harlan Coben. 5-city author tour; foreign rights sold in 10 countries. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  • nidshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🚀Unputdownable

    finished in 2 days. so dark and twisted. it’s worthwhile if you’re really into gory details and investigations.
    Gillian Flynn somehow made it unputdownable with an unlivable protagonist and also managed to provide a suspenseful twist ending.

  • Lalli Garcianshared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    Disfrute mucho del libro es mi escritora favorita de triller

  • Fani Hshared an impression8 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💀Spooky
    🚀Unputdownable

    This book is dark. Giving me nightmares. But I can't put it down. The ending twist.. It's been a long time since I enjoyed a book this much!

Quotes

  • maruușkihas quoted4 years ago
    Safer to be feared than loved,” I said.

    “Machiavelli,”
  • Lunahas quoted8 months ago
    I am learning to be cared for. I am learning to be parented. I’ve returned to my childhood, the scene of the crime.
  • Lunahas quoted8 months ago
    All sharp objects have been locked up, but I haven’t tried too hard to get at them.

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