Gillian Flynn's crime thriller "Gone Girl" became a bestseller when it was published in 2012, and David Fincher's 2014 film adaptation, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, cemented its perspective-shifting narrative and jarring twist in the pop culture pantheon. Four years later, HBO capitalized on that success with an adaptation of Flynn's earlier novel from 2006, "Sharp Objects," as a miniseries.

Amy Adams gives a piercing performance as Camille Preaker, a woman diagnosed with non-suicidal self-injury who makes a living as a crime reporter. Camille returns to her insular hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri to investigate two missing girls, and reluctantly reconnects with her abusive mother and unruly younger half-sister Amma. Amy Adams lends her character a haunted stillness. Camille is

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