I cannot remember the last time I was so wholly taken in by a book. I was trying to rack my brain to remember the last time that I truly felt that an author was able to totally transcend all things with his/her story and I think that book was "Little Friend" by Donna Tartt.
I fell in awe of 11 year old Harriet almost immediately. Her unsuitable predicament is striking and horrifying, yet she finds a way to make her situation work for her until it doesn't. Her family is so desperately dysfunctional, that as you are reading you are constantly thankful for the senior citizens that populate her low income apartment building and provide her with some normalcy. Harriet and the seniors are hysterical in the face of much that is not funny. Harriet is a keen observer of humanity and there are too many brilliant lines in the book to even begin to start quoting them. do not want to give too much of this story away as one should discover all of its nuances for oneself.
There are so many beautiful and disturbing aspects to this story that I know I will need to read it again and again. The first read you think you have a fairly good idea of where the book is going, but it is a total and utter surprise. The characters were very well developed and I am still thinking about all them now. This book will definitely become a permanent additition to my library. 5 stars, plain and simple.
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