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Rating: 
Summary: outstanding
Review: an intelligent thriller, but also a serious literary work. i recommend it to anyone who enjoys good writing
Rating:
Summary: Different, interesting, enjoyable
Review: Strangely enough I didn't like the Secret History when it was first released, and I only picked up this book because of all the advance press surrounding Ms Tartt's new novel. And now I'm a fan. Which is not, as far as I know, the job of literary criticism - but then this book is not quite lit crit, it's an odd combination of scholarship and enthusiasm that works surprisingly well. It's persuaded me that the Secret History is a much cleverer book than I gave it credit for, and it's made me marvel at Ms Tartt's erudition. (On the strength of this volume, I picked up the same publisher's guide to American Psycho, and that one is even better.) Right, I'm off to read the Little Friend.
Rating:
Summary: outstanding
Review: This is an extremely slight little handbook--too limited to be of much use to the experienced reader, yet too expensive to justify its inclusion as a complement to Tartt's modern cult classic. Students who are at all motivated can easily get as much information through a few quick internet searches. I'm giving my copy to a student TA as a handy accessory for help in grading papers.
Rating: 
Summary: Pricey.
Review: This is an extremely slight little handbook--too limited to be of much use to the experienced reader, yet too expensive to justify its inclusion as a complement to Tartt's modern cult classic. Students who are at all motivated can easily get as much information through a few quick internet searches. I'm giving my copy to a student TA as a handy accessory for help in grading papers.
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