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Tajemna historia by Donna Tartt

65 reviews

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

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

amicamerlo's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug use, Classism, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Self harm, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.75

 
the premise of this dark academia manifesto is a clique of classics students influenced by greek lit and their charismatic teacher 'discovering' murder.
however, it was hard for me to find julian enchanting, even through the romanticizing eyes of richard,
and the connection to greek wasn't there beyond surface level.
i wish we got more than one class with him to understand why he influenced them this greatly, and what did the group come about when "meeting Dionysus".
the bit about what george orwell ("king of morals") had to say about Julian's character felt too in your face ("look, julian is actually immorall!) 

also what's the deal with the homophobia
yeah, they killed off bunny so most of the slurs stopped , but then Francis is falling for the straights and merrying a gal '-' 

i did love Henry's character, and how you could see him manipulate and master their daily decisions. but again what's his connection to Julian beyond that? 

There's also a bit about richard, mr nothing in his soul but obsessive, daydreaming about raping camilla which came out of nowhere. 

The book starts with Richard telling us 'the only story he will ever be able to tell.' i guess bexause of that i asummed there would be a reason he's telling it, or that  it would sum up in something he wrote. didn't expect the 2000s disney movie ending montage about what everyone's up to today (and i mean everyone, some characters I even forgot existed)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Incest, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Gore, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical trauma, Addiction, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Racism

cheski_'s review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

A book filled with dark academia, whiskey and smoke, it will take you on a trip of moral questioning, spinning of reality and show you how it really feels to have blood on your hands. Despite being a detail heavy, slow moving read, you’ll find something strangely enticing about this book which will stay with you right to the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

This is a long, unsettling read and could be a challenging one to get through.

nickel_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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: Incest, Murder, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Blood, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders

lesliekate's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment

zoehakim's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Antisemitism, Confinement, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Animal death, Grief, Murder, Outing, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Suicide, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

abbytruestory'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Self harm, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Animal death

readinghavoc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book – it was dense at times and intimidatingly long, but the pay-off is well worth it. Kept me on the edge of my seat and continuously shocked me. The first hundred pages dragged and I almost put it down, but I'm so glad I didn't. The last 100 pages alone more than make up for it. The characters were hard for me to connect to because they were so pretentious but as you progress through the book it becomes clear that that serves its own purposes in the story. Super bizarre story, would recommend it to someone looking for a really thoroughly laid out thriller who doesn't mind making the investment for a big thrill. Interested to read some of Tartt's other work (after some easier, quicker reads lol).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Incest, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Cursing, Suicide, Gore, Mental illness, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Classism, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Sexism, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Outing, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

aditi_801's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. This book. It honestly leaves me speechless, yet I have a million thoughts running around in my head. So much was happening. I hated every character except perhaps Francis who was slightly less hateable. You'd thing hating all the characters would be a turn off, but it only made the reading experience more delightful. I normally don't leave a spoiler including review, so let's go over this book without any spoilers. Bunny has been killed by his closest friends. Why? Well it's insanely complicated but maybe because of mr. manupalative and psychotic Henry. Robert was the craziest narrator i've ever had the experience of encountering. With his naive, trusting, and dumb nature, you sometimes had no way to differentiate what actually happened and what he thought happened. You could never trust him. Francis, the gay rich boy was probably the most likeable character because of his lack of pyschotic nature and mostly friendly persona. Charles and Camilla (the sus twins) are self explanatory enough. The writing in this book overall, was an experience in itself that you simply cannot miss. It kept me enaged the entire time in it's tragic beauty. Seeing Robert's view of beautifying everything he see's was so unique. Most of the books I read are from sarcastic narators that hate the world, so this was a nice change. Overall, I love this book so much that I want to tear it up, toss the pieces in the sea, and jump in with it. Beauty is terror, after all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Homophobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Animal death