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Sharp Objects: where to start reading
Adapts Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
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After Limited Series, in the books you are
at Sharp Objects.
through the end of the novel.
The limited series adapts the whole of Gillian Flynn's debut novel across eight episodes, following its plot closely. Much of the book lives in its first-person narration, so the prose still offers something the screen cannot.
Start reading at Sharp Objects (the complete novel)
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Limited Series draws on this book. Read the full story:
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
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What the show changed here
- InventedAlice, Camille's rehab friend, and Camille's music-and-iPod habit are inventions of the show, not in Flynn's novel.
- ChangedThe book takes about 60 pages to reveal Camille cuts words into her skin; the series shows it by the end of the premiere.
- ChangedThe city Camille lives and works in is switched to St. Louis, and detective Richard's side of the case is more visible than in the book.
- InventedDirector Jean-Marc Vallee adds flickering visions of Camille's dead sister and the murdered girls as a recurring visual motif.
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The eight-episode limited series adapts Gillian Flynn's single debut novel across its full run, tracking the book closely in plot.
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