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Book Review of Sharp Objects

Sharp Objects
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This is the best book I've read in a while. Camille Preaker is sent to her home town by her newpaper editor to cover a story of 2 bizzar child murders that have taken place there in the past year. Camille, who has been away from home for 8 years, does not want to return to the town she learned to dislike as a teenager. We learn that she was from a very wealthy family that was an extremely unhappy group. She feels very unloved by her mother and stepfather. During her earlier years at home, her mother was obsessed with her younger sister's illnesses and then her death. Now Camille's 13 year old half sister appears to need help to get away from the same life Camille left. The characters are very well developed and the book is a page turner.