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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

134 reviews

_gabi_'s review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

capricornrisingbby's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

gretag's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

alite428's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse

megwesley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism

lexhowdie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Long winded, but compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

saeruh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

    This is without a doubt the strangest book I have ever read. I did not particularly enjoy reading this as I became disgusted almost every line with everything the characters said or did. All of the characters were just so heartless and lacked any type of empathy. However, this is the best writing I ever seen and while I may not want it to, this novel and its prose will stay me for my entire life. 
      I really don’t know how to feel about any of the characters since Tartt was so good at making you sympathize with them and then immediately having them do something incredibly rude/perverse/gross. Also I recommend reading a list of content/trigger warnings BEFORE you read this because I did not and oh boy there is so so many.
   

Overall, I wasn’t really grossed out by the murdering since it wasn’t that graphically described but when it came to the part when Tartt describes the incestuous relationship between Charles and Camilla where Richard watches them kiss, I literally thought I was going to throw up. And it was so fucked up how nobody else in the group really cared/already knew 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮. And then Richard only cares because he wanted to fuck her!!!! what??? There was another scene where you really see how fucked up Richard has become by being involved in all this/maybe it was in him all along when Camilla is in a vulnerable state describing the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse she receives from her brother and the narration is actually something like “I thought I might rape her” What The Fuck man. Who is this dude that we’ve spent so long in ONLY his head actually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

ging090803's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

So... I was dissapointed? I liked how it was written even though the chapters were extemely long. I liked how it was litterary yet simple. Also, I liked how themes like murders, cover tracks, etc., were discussed as it was normal?   

Like, the characters were talking about murdering a friend as if they were organizing a dinner together. It was normal.   

  Tartt made us feel a some sort of empathy (?) for the characters making us see them as normal people, good people when they are not.
However, I really didn't like how long it was for nothing. It was as if nothing was happening for 600 pages.   

It was repetitive. Murder, get away from suspicions, afraid that someone will tell the truth to the police so a little murder to take care of it.

It was the same storyline two times in one book. Everyone was important yet they were irrelevant. The end felt also rushed. 
Good book, I still recommended it for people who dont really know if they should or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders