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Le Maître des illusions by Donna Tartt

126 reviews

medini_l's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Self harm, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Sexual content

muriel_r's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Murder, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, Addiction, Suicide, Vomit, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Classism

star_oats's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

I keep thinking about this book even after almost a month since I’ve read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

alyx7564's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Biphobia, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

Richard makes the dumbest decision possible at every chance but also behaves exactly like I would in this situation unfortunately. Also these rich white kids thinking they couldn't just use daddy's lawyers to get them out of this situation is so laughable. I know this was very influential but unfortunately I have read the influenced stuff first so this felt underwhelming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Incest, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racism, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

omfg. donna tartt is my mother. she’s insane for this.  holy SHIT!!! every single word was a vital part of this novel–down to the damn syllable. she has perfected the art of writing. the pacing of the book was magnificent and the characterization was stellar. every moment was so VIVID! her word choice was so perfect in every sense and every sentence and paragraph and piece of dialogue flowed so perfectly throughout the entire novel. her use of prose is so …entertaining? idk how to describe her writing but it’s everything i ever needed and more. she created a plot so full and detailed that i have no qualms at all; everything was perfectly laid out and set into place. this is the longest review i’ve written BY FAR. 

okay FIRST OF ALL, the INCEST? mawma i was floored. and camilla refusing to marry richard because she was in love with henry…girl please. be so real. henry’s death was fucking insane. every second of that encounter starting from charles barreling through the door to henry’s body hitting the ground was insane. AND THEN we find out that marion married one of bunny’s brothers!!!!!! stfu!!! and they had a baby!!! and the family decided to nickname it BUNNY. IM SORRY?! and when i read that letter that francis sent to richard my heart STOPPED. i would’ve been so mad at donna had she killed him off istg. he’s my one and only i love him far too much. good god this book. I JUST REMEMBERED the entire ritual that they had? oh my god!!!! donna!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Drug use, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Confinement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Rape, Cancer, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

safgetou's review against another edition

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

1.5

this might be the worst book I’ve read in awhile tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, and Outing

anoushka05's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Classism

alexiconic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Nailed the dark academia atmosphere, with great nods to casual Greek or Latin but also to the mythological heritage of the classics, the epic and divine, a study on arrogance and feeling superior, and of course, a murder. Don’t entirely enjoy the characters and I also don’t find them very interesting so that part fell rather flat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Antisemitism, Classism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Bullying