Just finished Gillian Flynn's first novel, Sharp Objects, for bookclub. We're doing horror/gothic lit this year and, sheeesh, this fit the bill. Very well written and dark as hell. She doesn't pull any punches that's for sure. I couldn't put it down but I'm not sure I want to read anything else of her's.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
lisah - May 27, 2015 8:16:27 am PDT #23362 of 28333
Punishingly Intricate
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2015 8:18:02 am PDT #23363 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I read that a long time ago and, yeah, it's nasty (in a good way). I loved the hell out of Gone Girl, and now I want to read Dark Places.
-t - May 27, 2015 8:21:06 am PDT #23364 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dark Places was my least favorite, but it was still pretty good. I liked most of the elements of it, I just thought there were too many for one novel. Sharp Objects I loved maybe most? It's hard to call - I like SO and GG both a lot for for different reasons.
Jesse - May 27, 2015 8:37:26 am PDT #23365 of 28333
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have to remember that I haven't read Sharp Objects, because I want to! I read Dark Places right after Gone Girl and then had to take a break, and then I keep forgetting which of hers I've missed.
sj - May 27, 2015 8:38:17 am PDT #23366 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sharp Objects was my favorite, but I loved Dark Places.
erikaj - May 27, 2015 9:19:27 am PDT #23367 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
She kind of reminds me of Laura Lippman, not really style-wise, but because she's so clearly written a woman's take on the suspense novel.
megan walker - May 27, 2015 9:35:50 am PDT #23368 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I confuse Sharp Objects and Dark Places too. I think I've read Dark Places. Whichever one is coming out with Charlize Theron in the lead. Liked it better than Gone Girl.
sj - May 27, 2015 9:41:27 am PDT #23369 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Charlize Theron is going to be in Dark places, i kept picturing Scarlet Johannson in that role when I read the book for some reason. There is talk of turning Sharp Objects into a TV show.
Amy - May 27, 2015 2:19:15 pm PDT #23370 of 28333
Because books.
Wait, is Sharp Objects the one with the survivor of the family murders, or the one where the journalist goes home to her crazy mother?
I actually liked both of them, although the going home/crazy mother one was less developed and a little too modern Southern gothic for me. The other one was beautifully complicated, but it all fit so well at the end.
sj - May 27, 2015 2:21:49 pm PDT #23371 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wait, is Sharp Objects the one with the survivor of the family murders, or the one where the journalist goes home to her crazy mother?
Sharp Objects is the journalist. I keep track of it because you use sharp objects for cutting.