I was walking by a book store and subconsciously, I decided
to walk in and check for some books. Truthfully, I had no intention of buying but
subconsciously, I found myself buying the book, ‘’the little friend - by Donna Tartt’’ .What attracted me to this particular
book was the author Donna Tartt .Donna Tartt is an author, essayist and a
critic. I have read a series of her books and I love them. My favourite of hers
is The Secret History; I love the
book so much. So when I bought this book ,I had absolutely no regret ,I even
started reading it on the road and missed my route twice because I was focused
on the book .It cost me much but out of the love and respect I have for Donna
Tartt and her work, I didn’t mind.
Obviously, I expected I did have the same experience I had with her other novels/story but no, that wasn’t the case .Instead of intricate plotting ,beautiful language and fascinating characters ,I got imbalance plotting ,vulgar language and disjoint characters .There was absolutely no form of intellectual energy in the whole book. There was no form of unity between the characters, the actions were not believable, and it was not realistic .Worst of all, there was no coherent conclusion.
Furthermore , what was really the
importance of the story? It seems to me that she had no explicit idea of her story-line, what main message was the book trying to pass? Tartt seem confused as
most of the times, the story-line repeatedly contradicted itself. In my opinion, the
story-line had no authentic message to pass, there was really no need involving
certain characters that only appeared once or twice in the book that added no relevance to the movement of the story, as the only thing these characters did was add to the volume and size of the
book. Not forgetting the fact that violence and casual sex which disgusts me was
being mentioned and encouraged consistently in the book. I got tired of the
book ,the only thing that kept me till the end was the fact that I believed in
Donna Tartt and constantly , I kept hoping,
perhaps at the end ,something would change and I would be completely blown away like always. I even had to read the book again,
hoping I missed something, trying hard to understand and connect with the plot
and characters of the story but there really was nothing to connect with, as all
I saw was an empty space. I am deeply disappointed that Donna Tartt had to
write like a toddler .I hope she does better ,come up with a good explanation
and a better book .She made me believe she didn’t write The secret history or
did someone else write The little friend ? I really wished I had picked up another book
at the store. I’ll advise you read the book for yourself and learn from the
implicit mistakes. Perhaps, it might be
your type of novel, it certainly is not mine.
