Book Review: Sharp Objects

I have been reading this book for A.P. Lit at school and I have to admit that it really made me want to wash my hands after putting it down multiple times. The story unfolds with a 31-year-old woman, journalist for a lower budget newspaper, whose boss tells her to go back to her little hometown, Wind Gap. There have been two girls gone missing, one a year ago and found dead, and a recent girl who has just gone missing. Her hopeful boss is immensely unaware of the demons that haunt her back in her old hometown.
Camille, our journalist, travels back home and with little money from the newspaper is expected to stay with her mother. Adora, Camille's mother, is a very fickle woman who seems to have once wanted to be a mother, but failed when the action actually was required. Camille always wanted her affections, but the death of her sickly sister, Marion, when Camille was only young had died of constant illness. Adora had loved her immensely, but neglected Camille drastically affecting the way Camille led her life. Promiscuity and cutting became Camille's best hobby as a child, beautiful and smart as she was. The final and probably most frustrating character would be Camille's little sister Amma, the one who always had mother's affections and is babied, but when mommy isn't looking, watch out for the cruel little bitch she becomes.
Cutting was her release. She had a different case which you must read to understand. The mystery of the missing girls goes on for week after week as more than just the killings haunt Camille. Her need to leave heightens and there is no going back after this trip back home to mommy-dearest.

Christmas

It's almost Christmas! On January 3rd my boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half. We have our ups and downs, but everyone does. It's pretty cool knowing that this is the second Christmas we are spending together. I also can't wait until the 3rd because my boyfriend Chris is planning something and he won't tell me what it is. Ugh! I can't wait to give & get presents! Okay, I'm on the computer in Accounting at school, so I better go... I wish I had more comments. Bleh.

More problems

Okay, so now my ex-boyfriend is trying to get back with me if not for a relationship but for freakin unspeakable things. I also still have my boyfriend's friend after me who will not stop texting me nonstop. Then I have to add the problems with my friend's... or someone who used to be... boyfriend threatening to charge sexual harassment charges on my boyfriend just because he tugged on her skirt at the winter concert. First of all, they were just messing around. Second of all, she told her boyfriend to kick Chris's ass... needless to say i only found this out from him after reaming him out. She warned me that her boyfriend had Chris's phone number but according to her, she told Kevin, her boyfriend that it was all okay because Chris apologized. I'm so freaking done with their crap. Ugh!

The Prominent Problems

Okay, so i'm going through a lot right now. I went out to dinner with my dad last night and he nicely informed me that my stepmother is going to retire in june of this year. I am in my junior year and they plan on leaving this summer to travel around the united states and maybe even to other countries, but they want to buy a motorhome so that they can just live in that. They are abandoning me in my senior year. To add to all of that, my father proceeded to tell me about how my whole family on his side hates my boyfriend of going on a year and a half. They told me about how when i left the house on Thanksgiving, the family started to complain about him and how he shouldn't come to any more of my family get-togethers unless he wants to get hurt. To add to that, there is a 20 year old guy that i work with that wants to do things with me. He is really rather attractive. He changed his mind recently so that i did the right thing, but today he text me and told me he changed his mind again. I was also told yesterday that my ex-boyfriend who I am friends with and has a girlfriend had a dirty dream about me and still wants me. To add to all of that, i need to start driving soon and I have honors, A.P., and college classes. I have to work just about 4 days a week and I still don't make enough money. I have way too many bills to pay. I am just in a horrible place right now. I need advice. Comment me please.

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