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The novel was adapted into a miniseries by Creator/{{HBO}}, with Creator/AmyAdams starring as Camille. The series aired from July 8, 2018 to August 26, 2018.

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The novel was adapted into [[Series/SharpObjects a miniseries miniseries]] by Creator/{{HBO}}, with Creator/AmyAdams starring as Camille. The series aired from July 8, 2018 to August 26, 2018.
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* TheHecateSisters: Reconstructed. Amma is the maiden (sexually-active, adventurous, and even associated with Artemis), though this counts as TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior as she's a young teenager (thirteen in the book). Adora is the mother: she's obsessed with taking care of girls, even those that don't want her (like Camille), and [[spoiler:her "medicines" are poisonous.]] Camille is the crone. She remains single and unmarried, despite her ShipTease with Richard, being regarded as young and beautiful, and being repeatedly told that she should have a baby by Amma and her toxic friends. [[spoiler:She does a better job at taking care of Amma than Adora did, but it ultimately goes wrong and she ends up being essentially adopted by Curry and Eileen.]]
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* SouthernGothic: A twenty-first century version. The protagonist is the BlackSheep of a rich and affluent family, who returns to her home town amidst a backdrop of murders, violence and dark family history.

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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The three women who aren't Camille in the Preaker family. Adora is the wife, Marian is the child, and thirteen-year-old Amma is [[FilleFatale disturbingly]] the seductress.



* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Marian. [[spoiler:She might have lived had Adora not been her mother.]]

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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Marian. [[spoiler:She might have lived had Adora not been her mother.]]]] Camille notes that people ''say'' this about Ann and Natalie, but don't actually mean it, as she calls Meredith out for it.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amma drinks, takes drugs and has sex, and that's just for starters. It's also alleged that she pimps out other girls to older boys, she seems to enjoy watching animals in pain, and she [[spoiler:murders three girls who were drawing the attention of her mother (which Amma sees as unfair, considering what she allows Adora to [[MunchausenSyndrome do to her]]) removing their teeth as souvenirs to put in her doll's house.]] She's ''thirteen''.

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Amma drinks, takes drugs and has sex, and that's just for starters. It's also alleged that she pimps out other girls to older boys, she seems to enjoy watching animals in pain, and she [[spoiler:murders three girls who were drawing the attention of her mother (which Amma sees as unfair, considering what she allows Adora to [[MunchausenSyndrome do to her]]) removing their teeth as souvenirs to put in her doll's house.]] She's ''thirteen''.
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* VictimBlaming: Camille says that she sometimes think rape and/or murder victims "get what they deserved".

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* VictimBlaming: UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming: Camille says that she sometimes think rape and/or murder victims "get what they deserved".

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''Sharp Objects'' is the debut novel by Creator/GillianFlynn. The plot revolves around Camille Preaker, a journalist sent to investigate a potential serial killer in her hometown after the disappearance of two little girls. As she is forced to reconnect with her estranged mother and precocious half-sister, Camille comes to suspect that her family is somehow involved with the case.

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''Sharp Objects'' is the debut novel by Creator/GillianFlynn. The plot revolves around Camille Preaker, a journalist sent to investigate a potential serial killer SerialKiller in her hometown after the disappearance of two little girls. As she is forced to reconnect with her estranged mother and precocious half-sister, Camille comes to suspect that her family is somehow involved with the case.



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