Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Den hemliga historien by Donna Tartt

138 reviews

rosaleekarisma's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

intrusive thoughts

hiimsydx's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Incest

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

jordancarter2112'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Incest, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Classism

cviii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

cjdangerfield's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Sexual assault

freyaboobac's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

It is wonderfully ironic that this book has become a staple of dark academia when it is itself a critique of the culture and aesthetic of dark academia. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Classism

shutupaboutbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

This book was not perfect, it dragged in certain parts and rushed in others but I still gave it 5 stars. And that is because of how beautifully Donna Tartt develops the characters. You know that they are all horrible people and yet you find yourself loving them anyway. We watch them make horrible decisions and yet their reasoning seems almost reasonable. I loved the way the prologue was actually set in between book 1 and book 2. Overall, this book was genius and I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Death of parent

frankielovestofu's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Could do without the incest and racial slurs. Arguably, the racial slurs can be “justified” because they’re each only spoken once or twice by specific characters, and author either corrects behaviour of characters through another character or implies it’s not her thoughts. It’s clearly just to show how bigoted the characters saying it are, but still. The incest is left ambiguous at the end, whether it’s a long-term SA situation or consensual relationship turned sour at end. Either way, definitely could of been written without with very minor impact on plot and/or book. I.e. could still write controlling character without sexual subplot. Sorry not sorry. In addition, haven’t seen anyone mention it. There’s an extremely triggering (quick) mention of rape on page 484. Just skip the paragraph. It has NO effect on plot, it’s just unecessary and vulgar.

essentially the protagonist is speaking to the female character, and in mid-conversation (since book is his inner monologue) internally shares his sudden urge to strangle and rape his friend, then says the thought disappears as quickly as it came. conversation continues, never mentioned again. the worst part, is that the female character is in the midst of sharing her physical and sexual abuse from her brother when our protagonist thinks this

uhh_sydney's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

People hyped up this book so much as a dark academia necessity when all they did was chainsmoke, drink too much, and kill people. Richard is the most boring protagonist I’ve ever read. He’s just a vessel for other characters to tell him and by extension the reader what the plot line is. He has hardly any personality if his own. This book doesn’t show, it tells. I want to watch things fall apart before me, not have some other character ramble to Richard for three and a half pages. Also, why is everyone obsessed with Camilla?

Why does Richard love her besides she’s pretty I guess? Why does she get involved with Henry? Why does HER OWN TWIN BROTHER GET ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH HER????? Still don’t understand the exact motives behind murdering Bunny either.

Felt a little uneasy about the portrayal of Francis’ homosexuality, but I can’t put my finger on it. Not necessarily a critique of the elite institution, which is what the book has the potential to be. Definitely more focused on the aesthetic. It had its bright moments, but overall I was dissapointed by this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Classism