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A review by okjaaaaa
The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an E-ARC. Sorry for the late, review - life has been hectic.
This book was wonderfully written. The Things We Do to Our Friends atmospheric and haunting exploration of friendship, belonging and the spiral of destruction. I'd love to discuss this book in a literature class, in the same vein as The Secret History. It's brutal and unflinching, holding a mirror up to our own voyeuristic nature: how we consume the gruesome and macabre, unable to look away from something disturbing. The characters are expertly crafted.
Though, for me, the book struggled with its pacing at some times. Making the book feel a little janky and disjointed, in an otherwise very well-paced narrative. I also found the ending a little disappointing.
This book was wonderfully written. The Things We Do to Our Friends atmospheric and haunting exploration of friendship, belonging and the spiral of destruction. I'd love to discuss this book in a literature class, in the same vein as The Secret History. It's brutal and unflinching, holding a mirror up to our own voyeuristic nature: how we consume the gruesome and macabre, unable to look away from something disturbing. The characters are expertly crafted.
Though, for me, the book struggled with its pacing at some times. Making the book feel a little janky and disjointed, in an otherwise very well-paced narrative. I also found the ending a little disappointing.