A review by faithemt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark emotional 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

3.5

full review can be found here: 
Highly literary; quite intellectual yet dark; very slow paced.  Characters drove me nuts. I mean come on already!!

https://goldintheclouds-faith.blogspot.com/2024/07/2024-book-review-30the-secret-history.html

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship