Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme created by Renee @ It’s Book Talk. This meme lets you share old favorites published over a year ago or books that you just never got to! My list of those is miles long. If you’re interested in participating, too, check out her post this week!
This Week’s Pick
Title: Sharp Objects
Author: Gillian Flynn
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
Publication Year: 2006
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.
I am absolutely ashamed to say that I haven’t read any of Gillian Flynn’s novels yet! The premise of Gone Girl just never reeled me in when it was the center of all the hype. This novel and another of hers, Dark Places, have come on my radar recently after numerous friends have been horrified I subconsciously wrote Flynn off completely after dismissing Gone Girl. And I have to admit, this plot sounds deliciously up my alley, so they’re probably in the right!
What are your thoughts on this book or any others by Gillian Flynn? Has there every been a book or author you’ve written off and then completely regretted?
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Hi Kaila, glad to have your recommendation on TBT this week. Welcome to the blogging community!!
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Thanks so much, Renee! I’m happy to be participating 😊
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I’m not one to read books when they are hyped up but Gone Girl was definitely a good one. A lot of twists, one of which caused me to do a flip off my bed and scream aloud, lol. Dark Places was also good. I can’t wait to read Sharp Objects
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Ooh, that sounds like the *best* kind of twist! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed both — I hope Sharp Objects is great for you, too!
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This is going to be a mini series in June, I believe, on HBO. This is just the motivation I need to pick it up! I didn’t read Gone Girl, but I loved the movie.
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Oh, I didn’t know that! Sounds like the perfect motivation for me, too 😉
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This book was so good, and so memorable! I read it maybe 3 years ago, but still remember quite a few details, and how it made me feel.
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I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it and it left that much of an impression! I really need to get to it 😊
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I’ve never read a Gillian Flynn book either! I’ve seen Gone Girl though and it was intense. I heard the book was better (isn’t that usually the case 🤔) so maybe her other book is just as good!
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It’s always nice to hear I’m not alone! And that’s totally usually the case 😉 I hope you enjoy the book if you get to it! And this one too!
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Same here. I didn’t see the point.
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I settled for reading the movie summary on Wikipedia 🙈🙈🙈 That’s as close as I’m gonna get!
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I really liked Gone Girl and enjoyed the movie too. I liked the twists. Yet to read the author’s other titles though.
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Glad to hear! I hope her other books are just as enjoyable if/when you get your hands on them!
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