Sharp Objects By Gillian Flynn And Dark Places By Camille Preaker

In Gillian Flynn’s ‘Sharp Objects’ and ‘Dark Places’, the main characters, Camille Preaker and Libby Day, are set apart by how they are living their lives and how their personalities are different. In the end of both books both main characters had a different ending. Camille Preaker attempted to end her life many times again, so she can get away or simply free herself from the torture she emotionally feels after finding out the truth of what happened in her old town. However, Libby Day was able to get rid of the flashbacks she keeps on getting from her past and was able to gain the money she always wanted. The real question is: what extent does a tragic experience change the lives of Libby Day in the novel ‘Dark Places’ and Camille Preaker …show more content…
Camille Preaker’s personality was a shy young girl that was working as a journalists, but due to self harm she ended up in psychiatric hospital. This all happened to her because her low self esteem and that she keeps on worrying about what people think about her, while Libby Day was a boyish girl and many people often call her a cold-hearted person. However, she didn't care much about her jobs so Libby was always fired from her job. The difference between the endings is that during Sharp places when they found out the truth about the killing that happened thirteen years ago and the serial killing was taking place in Camille’s town. Camille was torn down because of what happened so she went back to self harm but was caught by her boss Curry and in the ending her boss and his wife took her in as their daughter and for the first time Camille felt that she have people to care about her, while in Dark Places the ending was said to be a heartwarming ending because the truth of the Day’s family murder was relieved, and her brother who went to jail because the evidence points on him was freed from all charges and the real killers will serve their sentences, but no matter what happens in the ending both characters Camille and Libby suffered from many mental illnesses and it will still hunt them until the last day with that many people should be careful about what they let their children to watch and listen