Sharp Objects: A Novel by Gillian Flynn | Summary & Analysis

This is a Summary & Analysis of Sharp Objects. The first novel of New York Times’s Best Selling Author Gillian Flynn, explores the depths of the human psyche, from its simple complexities to the more outrageous ones. The narrative tells a tale about the malleability of the human mind, and how far it can bend towards either side: the normal and the abnormal. Narrated from a first person point of view, the reader gets to connect strongly with the deeply disturbed psychology of Camille Preaker.

The lonely town of Wind Gap, Missouri is at the center of a series of murders by strangulation. What makes these murders even more morbid is the fact that the killer is targeting children: Two girls, aged ten and 9 years old, have been murdered and their bodies disposed of. Nobody in town seems to agree as to who may be held responsible for these unwarranted crimes. Reporter Camille Preaker, a Wind Gap native and the epitome of an antihero, is asked to investigate the murders. As she complies with the mission at hand, she knows that Wind Gap will make her face the terrible childhood demons that continue to haunt and taunt her into adulthood.

This companion to Sharp Objects also includes the following:
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Details of Characters & Key Character Analysis
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!

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