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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

301 reviews

dennyiii's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

redheadorganist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Incest, and Infidelity

quixie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Blood, Mental illness, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Classism, and Death

doriandelioncourt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Antisemitism, Bullying, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Addiction

dancingwithourhandstied's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

I really liked this. All the characters are very interesting and would be for analysis. It was really good, I really liked it. I think it’ll stay with me and I’ll be rereading it in some form soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death, Incest, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Death of parent

len_schaller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

Gripping. Beautifully written. The discussion of class does not feel as fleshed out as I had hoped. Female characters stay on the superficial side and tend to fall into tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Incest

Minor: Antisemitism

njthk's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

This is something you have to read more than just once.
And be in the mood for it.
Last 20-30ish pages of chapter 8 were the best part of the book
(And it was fun and torture hating every single Character of the Friendgroup. Every. One)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, and Racism

cell0girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Secret History includes some of the most sublime and sinister descriptions I have ever read. We get to witness how each character deceives us due to their two sided personalities that is gradually revealed in the text; as soon as you begin to become fond of someone, it’s as if their whole personality was a facade to their true identity. My main complaint for this book is that it’s too long for the story it follows and could have easily been condensed into half its size; the first 300 pages was purely just context, some of which isn’t used or referred to later on in the text.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Incest, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Misogyny and Rape

briiforte's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My all time favorite. This book is ripe with complicated characters and steeped with illustrious detail. Each chapter left with me more questions and the epilogue lives in my head forever more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Animal death, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief

delery's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

i know that this was a good book technically. but ughhhhh it was so so so slow and the characters were insufferable. and generally, i like insufferable characters, but they just were not doing it for me at all. maybe i wasn't in the right headspace for this book, but like.... i feel like it could have lost a hundred to two hundred pages and been better. also, was not a fan of all the racial, homophobic, and antisemitic slurs being thrown around, and like i know at times that was to show how awful these people were, but like the segment with the guy on tv was unnecessary.

also just in general, like there were lots of good twists and turns, and like i saw the incest coming but jeeeeeze i was hoping i was going to be wrong about that. and the build was good at times but really dragged at others. idk. maybe ill try it again in 20 years. but mainly i really wanted all of them to be caught. i was never rooting for them, and i think that makes a difference. because people can be awful, but still have some good, but they seemed rotten to the core from the very beginning.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Incest, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail