Отзывы о книге Sharp Objects
reader_ko932g29 марта 2026Munchausen by Proxy, Self‑Harm, and the Dark Secrets of Wind Gap.
What do you know of life in a small town in the American countryside? Let me introduce you to Wind Gap — another conventional and patriarchal brother of Twin Peaks. "About two thousand people live there. Old money and trash." And the biggest business in the town is hog butchering. It's a dull and suffocatingly small place: Victorian houses and ivory floors, a toxic and unnerving atmosphere, booze, drugs, people craving gossip, and, as a grim topping, bullying, sex, violence, and a murder.
'Sharp Objects' is a gripping thriller written by Gillian Flynn. Throughout the novel, we explore dark themes while trying to solve an unsettling mystery. A nine-year-old girl was strangled, and another one's missing in Wind Gap. Camille, a young reporter who grew up in the town, comes back from Chicago after several years to cover the cold-blooded murder for a second-rate newspaper. She meets Richard — a man with looks, charm, smarts, and probably money — a Kansas City detective assigned to unravel the mystery and catch the murderer. But who really can figure out the truth?
The narrator of the story is Camille. She hasn't talked to her mother since Christmas — and that was "a chilly, polite call after administering three bourbons". She avoids calling her mother as much as possible. She expects an unwelcome reception: "A quick, shocked flustering, her hand to her hair, a mismatched hug that would leave me aimed slightly to one side, talk of the messy house (which wouldn't be), and a query about the length of my stay packaged in niceties." Is that merely Camille's own prejudice —perhaps a product of the generation gap? Or is she unreliable, as she admits:"I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication — a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head."
The gloomy beginning and a feeling of disgust left me biased against the first part of the book. It was not my cup of tea. The protagonist's self‑harm and her strained relationship with her mother seemed to stem from sheer resentment. I found it hard to get through the first part. Initially, the Munchausen by Proxy element felt a bit contrived. It wasn't until chapter ten that the action began to pick up. The climax was approaching, yet I still couldn't decide who the murderer was. I couldn't figure out the motive. Without giving anything away, I'll just say: The ending was expected but unpredictable. I found some aspects of the murder plot confusing, and the final explanation a bit far‑fetched. But that could be just because of my failure to identify the culprit.
Having finished it late at night, I wondered if the story could be infectious. There's so much that's thought‑provoking about adolescence and upbringing. And there's one quote that doesn't resonate fully at first, but whose meaning becomes clearer by the end: "Sometimes when you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them."
I can recommend the book for those who like dark detective stories and psychological suspense.
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