When the help starts helping itself
Jan 19, 2020
2 minutes
by BRIGID FEEHAN
Devotion is an accomplished addition to the sub-genre of books about obsessive friendships between young women of different social classes – friendships riddled with envy and teetering towards some sort of violence.
Although recent books in this sub-genre, such as Tara Isobella are compelling enough, there can be something predictable in the posh girl/poor girl dynamic. The poor-mouse friend is a deceitful parasite and the glamorous, gilded one is hollow inside.
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