I know what you mean. Had a friend who went on and on about what a brilliant book it was, best book ever, you must read it bla bla bla - read it and thought it was nothing special.

Preferred the Little Friend. Mind you with all these people raving about it on here an thinking maybe I missed something and should reread it.

Liked the tractor book tho, and loved TTW

Glad someone does!

UQD
i so agree re tractor( ha ha ha not) and TTW

oh, very excited about the new Audrey Niffenegger book, but I fear it will be disappointing

To me it was a bit of a guilty pleasure. You know it's really pesudoliterature but you love it anyway.

I love The Secret History! I haven't read it in ages but remember it as extremely erudite and thrilling. Although, I can appreciate why it's not to everyone's taste.

I never finished The Little Friend. It just dragged and dragged and I gave up half way through.

The cover of that new Audrey Niffenegger book is most peculiar! Reminds me of some weird alien thing we used to watch in junior school back in the 1980s...

boogeek - you are SO right. The Little Friend was utter horse shit.

I think I've read Secret History 10 or 11 times!

Youngvisiter - thanks you just made my night!

The Secret Hustory is my favourite ever book, it's been read and re-read and I just love it. So there, YAB utterly U.
(The Little Friend, same author, was a pile of shite.)

I am so glad you posted this. I was so disappointed with A Secret History. I saw her point but tbh I just didn't care. i even gave DT another chance by reading her follow up novel but that was even worse (though to be fair the critics didn't think much of that one either).