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ההיסטוריה הסודית by Donna Tartt

483 reviews

hellothereforeitsalex's review against another edition

3.0

dark relaxing sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

zoehakim's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

karotym's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

readinghavoc's review against another edition

4.75

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: Complicated

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

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

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

kakeyame's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Islamophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Alcohol

soniajoy98's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Sexual content

kt2e56's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Beauty is indeed terrifying. This book was such a solid slow burn. It really got under my skin and I think it’s going to stay there for awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Incest, Racism, Sexual content

zoelcllnt's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought the book was a bit too long, the plot feels very slow and a good chunk of the book felt a bit unnecessary to me. However, I really liked the way the characters were written that added a bit a depth to their actions and feelings, and I really enjoyed the end, it felt like a good conclusion to the book in a very heartwarming way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

ellenwilberg's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

aditi_801's review against another edition

5.0

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

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

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