Tarttilicious

posted by jack at 09:17 CET in / reading

I just finished reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. I really liked her previous book, The Secret History when I read it a decade ago, so I figured I'd give it a go. It's a good read, with some really gripping moments and highly believable characters. The only complaint I have with the book is that the ending doesn't really tie up all the threads that are laid out during the telling; I suppose that's the whole idea, that the book is primarily a character study, but it's a shame that a fine, nicely written story has such a lackluster conclusion. It almost feels like the first four-fifths of a book rather than a complete work.