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OMG! I have read all three of these novels by Gillian Flynn and I must say that they are some of the best stories I've read in my life. First of all, I accidentally read them in reverse starting with Gone Girl, then Dark Places and Sharp Objects, but if I had to list an order of my favorite to least favorite it would be: Gone Girl (Can't wait for the movie), Sharp Objects (which I finished today) and then Dark Places. It's hard to write good reviews without spoilers so I'll just be as basic and brief as possible. Gone Girl had the best plot, it hit close to home for me. Sharp Objects was a pretty easy to solve mystery from the beginning even though it seems that the characters themselves weren't able to see what I saw until the very end. (I guess that's how books work though) and then Dark Places had the most surprising outcome for me. I mean I never would have guessed......anywho, these are definitely must reads. I want more from this author. ASAP!
All three books were fast paced and filled with evil that is unimaginable. I appreciated that they weren't formulaic in that by the third, there were still surprises. One thing that really aggravated me were a couple of glaring (to me) mistakes that probably someone not from Missouri wouldn't notice: in Dark Places, one character in Kansas City told another to "drive west on I70 to Columbia"... That would be a drive east. Then in Sharp Objects, the FBI guy was brought in from Kansas City; if you're in the boot heel, they'd bring someone from StL, not KC. Those kind of stuck in my brain for some reason (maybe because I have editing in my veins) and niggled at me throughout. Sharp Objects was my favorite. Gone Girl left me going "wha...??! That's IT?!" at the end.
Bought this even though i don't have shelf space anymore... Oops.
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