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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Blood
To make the reader care so deeply about characters so rotten and unlikeable is quite an impressive thing. None of the characters are good but all of them are incredibly real. Donna Tartt's writing is unbelievably vivid and beautifully haunting. I have never read anything quite like this novel and I doubt that I shall ever read anything like it again. The story starts out somewhat slow but it is more than worth it to get through those first few pages. I don't really know what else to say about this book so I'll just add some of my favourite Quotes.
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.”
“Why does that obstinate little voice in our heads torment us so? Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls – which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one’s burned tongues and skinned knees, that one’s aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow older, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us. Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”
"some things are too terrible to grasp at once. other things – naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror – are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. it is only later, in solitude, in memory, that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself – quite to one's surprise – in an entirely different world."
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry
Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Outing
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia
Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that's why we're so anxious to lose them, don't you think?
Trigger Warnings: Murder, Alcoholism, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Incest, Homophobia, Greif, Mental Illness
Review:
I read this book partially because I wanted to experience Dark Academia and partially because I saw Conan Grey posting it on his story a lot. Donna Tartt's writing was philosophical, beautiful(At times) and dry. I don't know how she pulled that off. I have to admit, this book would've been so much more better if it had been short. The plot was engaging, and the characters were so fascinating, They were so immoral, carefree and super messed up, yet I found myself liking them a lot. I don't know what that says about me though *insert awkward smile*
There were a lot of dry spells in between the parts I actually found interesting. Maintaining my interest in those pages was a little difficult, But I'm glad I got through it! Because, this story is was really intriguing to me. With the little side bonus of loving the Dark Academia vibe.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol