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i would also love to read:
enduring love
wild swans
behind the scenes at the museum
my additions would be:
the little friend
everything is illuminated
what is the what ... The Thirteenth Tale, Triangle, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Through most of my reading of The Little Friend by Donna Tartt, I thought I was in "classic" territory, but by the end I wanted to throw the book away. ... the somewhat depersonalized tone to the book. The only book that I've read recently that creeped me out as much as this is The Little Friend. Incidentally, I know a family with two grown child children. The daughter is normal and well-adjusted. The son has the potential to be a Kevin. This ... ... dyfunctional relationships and am moving on to some other pasture (of an, of yet, undetermined state of green).
>78 Tartt is a good read, but as the suspense mounted toward the inevitable conclusion I had to read the book in small doses. ... (a little too "pop" for my taste); The Autograph Man (a disappointment after reading White Teeth); and Unless and The Little Friend, which were interesting but neither of which I would consider short-list worthy.
But then, I haven't read the others, so I can't compare. ... Unless - shortlist
Zadie Smith The Autograph Man - shortlist
Donna Tartt The Little Friend - shortlist
Louise Welsh The Cutting Room
Crystal Wilkinson Water street Picking Donna Tartt's The Secret History might be pushing it a bit, I suppose, so I'll cast my vote for L.A. Confidential. No one does it better than James Ellroy.
I'd also doff my cap to The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Name of the Rose. Early Reviewer:
The Murder Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer
Goodwill:
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Stalking the Divine by Kristin Ohlson
No Graves As Yet by Anne Perry
Deception by Denise Mina
Garnet Hill by Denise Mina
1st to Die by James Patters ... It was long but I enjoyed The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. It had a bit of a To Kill a Mockingbird feel to it. I thought the writing was excellent and the characters were interesting. I've got The Thirteenth Tale on my pile to read so I'm glad it made this list! 36) The Little Friend by Donna Tartt - I've heard this being referred to as a "Southern Gothic" novel. Tartt draws you into the life of 12 year old Harriet whose brother was murdered when she was just a baby. Harriet doesn't have much guidance in her life seeing as her mother has become ... ... Cormac McCarthy
8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
9. You're All Alone by Fritz Leiber
10. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
11. 6xH: Six Stories by Robert Heinlein
12. After the Plague by T.C. Boyle
13. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by ... ... favourite books, rather than favourite authors. The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a good example of this; I abhor The Little Friend, but have worn out three copies of Tartt's first book. I wouldn't call her my favourite author, but the book is right up there on my top... twenty, at ... Oh, don't let the Little Friend turn you off reading The Secret History! It's so much better...I think a one-off, unfortunately. (I hated The Little Friend too....) She was past the age of innocence and should have known that he wanted more from her than the little friendtype of relationship. Didn't she realise he was the playboy of the western world and besides the woman of Rome and the lady of the camellias he'd also got hidden away the children ... ... - I've never read so many similes and metaphors in one book. For me the problem was in the structure. I actually liked The Little Friend but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting of Donna Tartt. This week, I'm reading Donna Tartt's The Little Friend, and a delightful non-fiction book called A Perfect Red: Empire, Espinage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire. I've just finished John Berendt's City of Falling Angels, and I'm leafing through a translation of Inferno which ... I'm not from St. Louis but I gotta agree about The Corrections. Overhyped, overrated. Couldn't get through it.
The Little Friend on the other hand? Best book I read last year. ... wish to.
That said, I loved The Poisonwood Bible, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow and Middlesex, and much preferred The Little Friend over The Secret History. Bookmarque, I didn't like The Little Friend either. It works as a character study, but I kept waiting for the story to happen.
I cannot read Dave Eggers. And I take hell from my "hip" friends because of it. Strangely, I liked The Little Friend. (see above). I would not recommend The Other Side of You by Sally Vickers. Stupidity masquerading as intelligence. Recently I purged my library of the real dross and have a large box in my living room of books I don't want. Among them is The Little Friend which was horrible beyond belief. Rambling and pointless, Tartt left the initial plot behind and got lost in her own prose. I can't believe I read the ... ... & Mr Norrell to name a couple of recent finds. Maybe "Conspiracy.." or "Coffee Trader" will be next. Donna Tartt's The Little Friend is impressive as well. She writes with an elegant unassuming style that draws the reader into the story on an emotional level. It is Complex, compelling, ...
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