Reviews

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

divinereader's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

residentauggust's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kharv294's review against another edition

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I’m gonna try again later but I found most of the characters pretty insufferable and sad and rich but not in the fun way

cloverlily's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

dear_old_world's review against another edition

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It's so slow and I dont care about these rich kids. I kind of wanna know what happens but not enough to keep reading- guess I'll just read the wikipage

emypompom's review against another edition

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5.0

really did think i was gonna rate this 4.5 BUT WHAT THE HELL THE ENDING THREW UP ALL OVER MY BED WDYMMMMMM

mollieweitzman's review against another edition

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reflective slow-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

2.0

I wish I could get back the time that I read this

jarionel99's review against another edition

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5.0

Perfection

dylan364's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

feriha's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75