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No one is perfect in Wind Gap.
Pretty girls don’t live forever and everyone has a dark side. Explore the mind
of Gillian Flynn through this puzzling website filled with more in-depth facts
about the characters of her novel Sharp
Objects, solve mysteries and explore the rest of Wind Gap. In the mystery
game, you can play as Camille and fight her temptations to drink and cut, or
you can give in. Each choice you make will alter that gameplay…so choose
wisely. Learn more about the characters and their history while going on a
virtual, interactive tour of Wind Gap. Just try to make it back alive.
When Camille is assigned to do a
report on the murder of a young girl and the disappearance of another back in
her hometown of Wind Gap, she knows she’ll have to stay with her psychotic
mother and mysterious half-sister. Going back to the place that holds so many
memories will surely be a struggle for Camille, as she’s just been discharged
from a psychiatric hospital. “For no good reason, I held my breath as I passed
the sign welcoming me to Wind Gap, the way kids do when they drive by
cemeteries” (Flynn 10-11). Explore the world of Wind Gap through the eyes of
Camille through our online virtual tour of this eerie city. Visit the homes of Camille’s
suspects, wander through the forest where Ann Nash’s body was found or spend
your time fighting the temptations to etch words onto Camille’s skin. “I’d
written Richard cop Richard cop
twelve times down my leg, and had to make myself stop because I was itching for
a razor” (Flynn). Make sure you watch your health bar when interacting because
if it gets too low, Camille will succumb to her darkness. There’s more to just
the interesting city of Wind Gap to explore, you can also learn more about each
of the characters and interact with other readers with a multitude of
discussion boards. Camille’s problems with cutting and family aren’t the only
thing she deals with, she’s also an alcoholic and always needs a drink to be
able to complete something. Fighting her temptations are going to be the
biggest struggle of playing the game so make sure you’re up for it. Dealing
with Amma, her half-sister is going to be a big influence on how Camille does
with solving the murders. With her persuasive ways, this child always gets what
she wants and makes sure of it. “[Amma] lapped the pill up, and, tongue soft
and little and hot, passed the X into my mouth, wrapping her arms around me and
pushing the pill down hard on my tongue until I could feel it crumble in my
mouth. It dissolved like cotton candy” (Flynn 281-282). Amma is one of those
characters that holds Camille back from completing her job, but there may be a
motive behind it, or perhaps Amma is just trying to express her affection
towards the sister she hardly knows.
The Sharp Objects website was created to further enhance the reader’s
experience of this novel. With Flynn’s most popular book Gone Girl being such a huge success in theaters and talk of Dark Places soon being on the big
screen, Sharp Objects deserves its
recognition. This mysterious book surely keeps readers guessing and the website
was created to do just the same. Flynn’s creation of such interesting and round
characters keeps people wanting more. Explore the world of Wind Gap and fill
your every desire.
