Narrated by Ann Marie Lee, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn has a runtime of 9 hrs 34 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FIRST NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL
“Riveting.”—PEOPLE
“A terrific debut . . . elevated by sharp writing and sharper insights.”—STEPHEN KING
“Keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.”—CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town.
Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.
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Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 9 hrs 34 mins
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Release year: 2006
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Genre Fiction / Psychological
Listener Ratings
Sharp Objects holds an average listener rating of 4.4/5 from 42155 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.4/5
- 5-star ratings: 61% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
3/5 stars — “Goes into the Abyss and Doesn’t Come Out”
It’s hard to imagine a more depressing combination of factors: the neglected town of Wind Gap, its characters, architecture and ambience stalled in the 1950’s, the completely unsupervised and unmanaged pre-teen cliques which get into all kinds of trouble that would be prosecuted in some form if it all happened in a more enlightened environment, and the main character and her desultory loveless family, which leaves the "apple" (Camille) not far from the "tree". Camille’s hostile family life, an emotional desert, has left her ill-equipped to navigate the big bad world of the 2010’s.However, Camille is a plucky, resourceful "survivor" and uses her insights into her abusive upbringing to bring down the house of cards. Whatever her attitudes and emotional stance, she is certainly not a victim.
I read this after finishing "Gone Girl" which was an impressive, imaginative novel, more 2012-style."Sharp Objects" is more disturbing in many ways, yet not as sophisticated as "Gone Girl", and not as clever.There are some familiar Flynn themes – provincial life and its limitations, a shower phobia, obsessions with perfection and routine ritual.
After saying all this, I did on balance like the book, and foresaw the conclusion, but not before some diversionary and entertaining reading, especially the dialogue scenes and particularly the nuanced moment-by-moment interactions, where Flynn shines.
But next time you think you’d like to move or retire to a small town – think again.
— Pamela Harvey, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Compelling and Dark”
I enjoyed this book – it is a real page-turner (there surely is a way to convey this concept for an audiobook). The main character is has major mental health issues and used poor judgment from time to time. But I still liked her. Often authors have trouble ending books like this – not so here. It is a satisfying ending.— Amazon Customer, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “good, not great.”
I didn’t care for the narrator all her voice sounded the same. The story was good but felt rushed at the end. I still enjoyed it but it was my least favorite book out of the series.— Tova, Audible listener
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