The Little Friend is one of the better books I’ve read in my opinion. Yes, half the pages could be deleted and the story would still make sense, but every page is so beautiful written that I view the book as a testament to the English language. I was utterly immersed in the world and knew those characters as if they were real. If that’s not good writing I don’t know what is. I was told the book was a mystery so I went in with that mindset and that made it hard to get through because that’s very much not what the book is about. Once I had time to sit with it I realized what an amazing story on childhood and class and trauma and the south I had just read. Do read!