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A titkos történet by Donna Tartt

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kishma_'s review against another edition

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2.0

OOF.

gradytree's review against another edition

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3.0

I almost did not finish this book. The first 180 pages or so contains exhaustive tangents of Greek literature & context that frankly made me want to throw it in the trash. I thought it was going to be puesdointellectual nonsense about people I refuse to care about (and let’s be real, it kind of was.)

But, once you get past about 25% of the book, it’s pretty good. Page-turner for sure. I hated all the characters, and felt the only semi-complex ones were Henry & Bunny (despite how annoying he was to read about). Every book has got to have the psychopath, the annoying jock, the drunk, the gay, the odd professor, the manic pixie dream girl & the loser that just follows them around. Literally like the Breakfast Club, if they committed murder.

Did it live up to the hype? No. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 550 PAGES MISS DONNA TARTT. IT COULDVE EASILY BEEN 300 PAGES.

misfitmoxie's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

2.25

kbushey's review against another edition

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dark reflective 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

3.75

ragna_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

A fun read, raising some valid concerns over the over-aestheticisation of education and pseudo-intellectual and classic gatekeeping in academia. The characters, though horrible, vain people, remained interesting throughout though in my opinion you have to want to hang around to see what will happen. Unfortunately not everyone online who read this possesses critical thinking skills; why is everyone blorbing these people and trying to style themselves after them? It's giving Saltburn freaks