Book Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Fiction.  Many of the reviews I read of this one said it was inferior to her other more recent two novels, but I thought it was excellent, Flynn really knows how to write about unstable women quite well.  I am not sure how she has tapped into this skill, but she writes interesting mysteries that always keep you guessing until the very end of the work, and which treat unstable women in a way that is not pitying them nor making them frightening.  They are definitely scary, but more because they are disturbed and we fear becoming disturbed ourselves, it seems that line is easy enough to cross and to understand why one would cross those lines when reading her books.  Flynn has a real gift.  I would again recommend her works to those who like mysteries and who are interested in the dark recesses of the human psyche, especially from people leading seemingly "normal" lives.

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Book Review: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Fiction.  Similar to Gone Girl, it is fairly hard to say something without revealing anything, but like Gone Girl it is completely worth your time, and you will just keep guessing, all the way to the end.  The main character is Libby Day, whose family was massacred when she was seven years-old (her mother and two sisters were murdered).  She is now in her thirties, with her brother is in jail for those murders, and the rest of the story revolves around her hunting down fragments of what actually happened that day, from her father, brother, and other characters.  It is an off-putting crime but an enigmatic book, definitely worth your time.  I completely recommend it!

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Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

There is really no way to review this without throwing something into the mix that might ruin reading it.  So, I will simply say read it, there is a reason why so many people have read it!  I am not usually a crime-thriller person for my reading choices, but it was worth it.  I definitely thought I figured things out about a dozen times or so but I and never actually did, she is good.  Flynn is an excellent writer, compels you to read more, and makes it so you never figure everything out and in a way that does not make you feel stupid.  I got a good deal on all three of her works for Nook from B&N as a package ($19 for the three books) so I am marathoning through each of them.  If you are looking for a great fiction read this is it, I completely recommend it and the author!

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