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A review by joehardy
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
3.0
3.5: the writing was consistently beautiful, however, I felt like about 25% of the book was unnecessary. It was too long, dragged in the middle, and created some frustrating characters. The parts that I enjoyed, I enjoyed a lot, and the parts I didn’t like, made the book really difficult to finish.
I feel like I was thrown off of the actual plot the entire time by the guise of the unsolved murder of Harriet’s brother. This aspect was especially frustrating, and the murder creates such a mystifying whodunit that once you realize that’s not what the book is about, it’s nearly over.
Additionally, Harriet was an intriguing character, but I’m not sure I found her as stimulating as many others did. I enjoyed the sections about the Ratliffe’s much more dynamic than any *most* of the ones pertaining to Harriet, Hely, or their families.
I feel like I was thrown off of the actual plot the entire time by the guise of the unsolved murder of Harriet’s brother. This aspect was especially frustrating, and the murder creates such a mystifying whodunit that once you realize that’s not what the book is about, it’s nearly over.
Additionally, Harriet was an intriguing character, but I’m not sure I found her as stimulating as many others did. I enjoyed the sections about the Ratliffe’s much more dynamic than any *most* of the ones pertaining to Harriet, Hely, or their families.