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A review by achillesheeled
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
4.0
Running might take her forward, it could even take her home; but it couldn't take her back--not ten minutes, not hours, not ten years or days. And that was tough, as Hely would say. Tough: since back was the way she wanted to go, since the past was the only place she wanted to be.
ok honestly while i definitely enjoy the unreliable first-person narrator of tsh and tgf i still liked this a lot with its omniscient style! harriet is a very vivid character and i think a 12 year old is a perfect age for the protagonist of this, since most of it deals with the conflict of past and future and childhood and adolescence. i understand how the ending is unsatisfying for a lot of people but i still liked it (even if i would have preferred a more impactful ending sentence). i have now read all of donna tartts novels (: planning on rereading the secret history soon!
ok honestly while i definitely enjoy the unreliable first-person narrator of tsh and tgf i still liked this a lot with its omniscient style! harriet is a very vivid character and i think a 12 year old is a perfect age for the protagonist of this, since most of it deals with the conflict of past and future and childhood and adolescence. i understand how the ending is unsatisfying for a lot of people but i still liked it (even if i would have preferred a more impactful ending sentence). i have now read all of donna tartts novels (: planning on rereading the secret history soon!