tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7431406580379686785..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Sharp Objects: reviewMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-15822849578279206642010-02-23T22:33:05.482+00:002010-02-23T22:33:05.482+00:00Me, too.Me, too.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27046921238210836002010-02-23T01:06:35.804+00:002010-02-23T01:06:35.804+00:00The horrible women them (omg, women can be horrid?...The horrible women them (omg, women can be horrid? really, really? what a shock!) didn't work for me. The setting also seemed demographically unlikely. But line-by-line the writing had much talent behind it.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689314012050314027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-30248222842633601912010-02-22T22:50:47.897+00:002010-02-22T22:50:47.897+00:00Hi Janet. I've heard good things about Dark Pl...Hi Janet. I've heard good things about Dark Places, and I'd certainly be glad to read this author again. But as you say, cosy she isn't.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63982422790840728212010-02-22T21:04:58.078+00:002010-02-22T21:04:58.078+00:00There was a feature on this writer in last Novembe...There was a feature on this writer in last November's Writers' Forum,which I remembered when I read your piece because of the cover artwork for Sharp Objects and its follow-up Dark Places - very arresting imagery. No one would pick either up in the mistaken belief that they were 'cosy'!Janet O'Kanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47706961986209112542010-02-22T18:07:33.442+00:002010-02-22T18:07:33.442+00:00Thanks for the comments.
Maxine, as you say, ther...Thanks for the comments. <br />Maxine, as you say, there are various points that weren't credible, and in fact, half way through, I wes beginning to lose interest. But she rescued the narrative very well, I think, with some powerful writing, though again I would agree that the final twist was foreseeable.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-32393288162716194282010-02-22T15:39:08.929+00:002010-02-22T15:39:08.929+00:00I read this novel, but wasn't that impressed. ...I read this novel, but wasn't that impressed. I liked the writing style but I didn't find the character convincing as a journalist. And is it that believable that she'd not be given expenses even to stay in a cheap motel? Or even so, if she hated her home life so much, that she couldn't afford to stay somewhere cheap to avoid her family? But I rather liked the deep south overblown melodrama and the awful made-up teenagers. I think my read of it was not helped by the fact that I instinctively knew who the baddie and "hidden plot" were going to be. But, I don't want to be too down on it, I did enjoy it, and I know what you mean by "troubling".Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8375370225902419672010-02-22T11:23:31.383+00:002010-02-22T11:23:31.383+00:00Interesting! I'll look it up. Sounds troubling...Interesting! I'll look it up. Sounds troubling but intriguing. And the mention of "Stepford" has me wondering what's going on in the town...<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63808267146851806802010-02-22T03:43:44.951+00:002010-02-22T03:43:44.951+00:00YOu find the most wonderful books. I will have to ...YOu find the most wonderful books. I will have to find this one, it's right up my alley.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.com