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The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

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📚 The Little Friend by Donna Tartt — Review & Full Spoiler Summary ⚠️ Trigger Warnings The Little Friend contains: Child death & murder (off-page but discussed) Drug use & methamphetamine trafficking Attempted murder & violence Animal death (including a cat) 🐈 Snakes 🐍 (poisonous ones!) Racism & classism Grief & family dysfunction 🤔 My Overall Take Well… I’m glad it’s over. This is a big book — the kind you could use as a doorstop and a self-defense weapon. Donna Tartt writes beautifully, sure, but she also writes on…and on…and on… . It’s sold as a murder mystery . But by the end? We still don’t know who killed Robin. That’s a lot of pages for…not knowing. ⭐ My rating: 1.5/5 stars. The prose? Gorgeous. The premise? Fantastic. The actual mystery payoff? Nonexistent . 🕵️‍♀️ Spoiler Warning: The following section spills all the plot beans. I’m talking full spoilers , ending included. 📖 The Little Friend — Full P...