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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

603 reviews

luxvestravitae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Incest, Grief, and Gaslighting

flamingxgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

cultivatingshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

charlieash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is just what happens when you move to the east coast

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

lilkstew's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Alright. I am feeling many things upon finishing this book. This is the second Donna Tartt book I have read, and I liked it much better than The Goldfinch. I loved the setting, I loved the weird little plot, and I loved all of the Latin smattered throughout the book since it made my five years of Latin courses worth it. I appreciated all of the twists and turns; some of them genuinely had my jaw on the floor. The characters were wonderful; they were all twisted and off-putting, but they were so interesting. I know all of the characters are bad, but Francis and Henry.....I love them. Henry is seriously my favorite kind of character. Ah. Alas. Wow. This sure was something. I really do love the scathing critique of classics and academia in general. That was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

merricatblackwood's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Medical content

lix's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

scripturient's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Car accident

misrah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Death of parent

not_machiavelli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My first (and favourite) Donna Tartt novel -- it still astounds me that the woman who wrote this also wrote The Goldfinch. The two attract such different crowds, in my experience. This novel has inspired me in so many ways, and it continues to provide relief from the real world whenever I read it. Julian is, to me, the best worst character there is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, and Car accident