The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
After having spent forever wondering how best to start writing my thoughts about a book that I enjoyed so much and am so excited about, yet having procrastinated to review, I finally decided not to overthink it anymore. It's been about a week since I finished reading The Little Friend , and I have spent quite a bit of time since then gathering all the things I had underlined in it and all my notes from the margins. This collection ended up being way larger in volume than I had anticipated; which is all for the best, because I hope I don't forget this book and just how it felt to read it! The Little Friend is a revenge story with a classic Donna Tartt-esque twist. 12 year old Harriet Cleve Dufresnes sets out to kill Danny Ratliff, to avenge her brother Robin's murder. Set in the small town of Alexandria, Mississippi, Harriet's plan unfolds over the course of her summer break from school, at the end of which so many lives, including ofcourse, Harriet's, are changed f...