Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

1852 reviews

stratospheric's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

edesreads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest

ashwas1228's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Antisemitism

depends_upon's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Violence, and Murder

jsabhi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Gaslighting

kooday's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy, over time the protagonist's world is thrown into chaos and the idyllic life he initially longed for just seemed to anguish him.

There are good books and there are good books that are fun to read. It's been a while since I've been so enraptured by a book. I loved and mourned the characters like they were my own friends. 

It's definitely not a perfect book, it can drag at times but for the duration of reading it I felt like I was really present and transported to Vermont and Hampden College. I also loved the philosophical and spiritual commentary interspersed throughout and appreciated the classical references (that I understood).

I was satisfied with the ending, I found it touching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Incest, Suicide, and Murder

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

Wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

mishasmum's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.5

A disturbing but entertaining read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Suicide, and Murder

justreads93's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

This was a RIDE! It’s been a while since I’ve read lit fic so it took me a minute to get used to the prose and pacing but once I was in I was ALL IN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia and Antisemitism

abhea_reads's review against another edition

4.75

"england was so wowed by the secret history they named their king and ~camilla~ after the twins" — I wrote that before even finishing the first ⅕ of the book and I had no idea how true it would turn out to be

 

I love linguistics so much and this book would get 5 stars if slurs didn't jump scare me every time I started to feel safe again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Incest, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Rape