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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail
no because i think about this book constantly
"Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw', that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.
A moi. L'histoire d'une de mes folies."
(p. 5)
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness
Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts
A critique of elitism.
I think some people forget this are the main points of The Secret History.
Donna Tartt captured me. From beautiful writing to complex characters, I was engrossed. I rarely annotate my books (I only highlight important quotes and tab the pages), but I can't help but write my thoughts as I was reading this. I didn't dare finish this immediately since I wanted to fully immerse myself in the story.
At first I thought the pacing will throw me off... but the pacing made sense. I understand why Donna decided to write it this way - we're reading Richard's thoughts, which are scattered. He thought he needed to point out unnecessary details. We were in the mind of an unreliable narrator, which makes things more interesting, since we were forced to immerse ourselves in his thoughts.
The ending caught me off guard... but it made the most sense for the story.
If you expect to fall on love with the characters, this is not for you. They are unlikable characters for a reason (you don't know how many times I said "these pretentious kids" out loud while reading). I have a soft spot for Francis, though.
I get now why they say this is the mother/blueprint of dark academia.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Car accident
Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Outing, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Classism
Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Incest