62k reviews for:

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

4.18 AVERAGE

_sufffff__'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

hennysnieto's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

annavttrdt's review against another edition

4.0

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4,5/5 ⭐️

nataliaandrea's review against another edition

5.0

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I feel like The Secret History is a pretentious and sometimes shallow book, but I read it so fast because it was so entertaining. I hated all the characters and loved Judy Poovey. I would love to see a film or series adaptation, maybe a series, because the book is quite long and it has a lot of details.

cloudsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

skywalker86's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

weropwl's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective

notvibing's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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amazing. i understand why this book spawned an aesthetic. i was so absorbed in the characters and their pretentiousness and felt paranoid about everything, yay 

sarahamytaylor's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

blue_the_dreamer's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No