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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84205.The_Little_Friend?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Little Friend" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1171051592m/84205.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84205.The_Little_Friend?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Little Friend</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8719.Donna_Tartt">Donna Tartt</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19555501?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>This book was not what I expected at all.  The cover makes you think it’s about a young girl trying to figure out who killed her little brother.  That is some of what the book is about, but there is so much more.  Too much in my opinion.  This was one of the longest books I ever had to get through.  And for the first time in several years, I almost quit reading a book.  It took till the middle of the book before it became remotely interesting to me.  The story is about a family.  A very dysfunctional family.  It begins with the death of the son, Robin.  He was found hanging from a tree on Mother’s Day back in the 1960’s in Alexandra Mississippi.  Thus begins a long drawn out account of the Dufresnes family, with focus on the daughter Harriet.  Harriet is an interesting character, very bold for her age.  The Dufresnes family is broken since the death of Robin.  The mother hides in her room and sleeps most of the day and the father has moved to Tennessee.  If it wasn’t for Harriet’s grandmother and aunts, Harriet would be pretty much on her own.  Intertwined with the story of the Dufresnes family is the Ratliff family.  A family of boys who have gone down the wrong path in life.  Harriet suspects that Danny Ratliff had something to do with Robin’s death so she is determined to seek revenge.  The rest of the book is about how she does it and the result.  This book could have been half of it’s length and still have kept it’s plot intact.  There were too many places where I felt this book “was stuck in the mud”.  If it wasn’t for the second half of  the book, I would have absolutely hated it.  However, I am glad I had the opportunity to read this.  There are some parts that are memorable and has definitely left an impression on me.
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This book was not what I expected at all. The cover makes you think it’s about a young girl trying to figure out who killed her little brother. That is some of what the book is about, but there is so much more. Too much in my opinion. This was one of the longest books I ever had to get through. And for the first time in several years, I almost quit reading a book. It took till the middle of the book before it became remotely interesting to me. The story is about a family. A very dysfunctional family. It begins with the death of the son, Robin. He was found hanging from a tree on Mother’s Day back in the 1960’s in Alexandra Mississippi. Thus begins a long drawn out account of the Dufresnes family, with focus on the daughter Harriet. Harriet is an interesting character, very bold for her age. The Dufresnes family is broken since the death of Robin. The mother hides in her room and sleeps most of the day and the father has moved to Tennessee. If it wasn’t for Harrie...more

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