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A review by diaryofaditi
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
5.0
"i am nothing in my soul if not obsessive"
this book had me spiraling yet surprisingly calm. it was like running towards the ocean at withered night and feeling the water slowly touch your feet.
every character in this book had achieved to totally grasp my attention?? the complexity and insane yet relatable thoughts were so deeply indulged by me. i was so engaged with how they were so into what they studied(like legit killed a person just for an experiment for crying out loud) and then being so nonchalant about planning to murder their own friend and at the same time so casually attending dinners and smoking cigars and drinking themselves to death. they were really one ELIST GROUP of members.
henry winter a magnificent beast, the way he drove me into believing every word uttered by him was the real truth and the only way a person should see (rendered me speechless). my fav sociopath ever. he didn't have any moral compass in his life and it DROVE me insane but man de he eat me up like who say things like “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.” i mean MORE ICONIC can you be and its just how serene calm and composed he is throughout this.
richard papen was a listless yet igniting character in itself. what i will say is that he was rather overexaggerating b!tch like fr just sshhhh. i mean he was like really one of the rational ones but do u really like to read abt the one who is rational for a murder. he literally had his infatuation abt well everyone and seemly everyone played him and that dorove him to the monstrosity of the life he has now. he overall a lovely student but i need MORE essence
camila macaulay was down to earth a very fascinating woman, you could never really truly figure her out but you had this gut of trust in her and ykw they say "women empower women"
francis abernathy my anxious gay babe he was such a flirt and like we needed this kind of energy in our book it was a necessity.
charles macaulay i really truly liked his charm in the book but when i got to know how he treated camila i just see hot red pang of hate for him
bunny/ edmund corcoran was a silly soulless drenching homophobic & the guy who was murdered(nvm)
julian morrow he didn't play such a big role, but it will always faze me how he could carry to manage these 6 truly compelling characters in a single room.
lastly i would just like to quote lady gaga "i don't believe in the glorification of murder"but if its them it's all right
this book had me spiraling yet surprisingly calm. it was like running towards the ocean at withered night and feeling the water slowly touch your feet.
every character in this book had achieved to totally grasp my attention?? the complexity and insane yet relatable thoughts were so deeply indulged by me. i was so engaged with how they were so into what they studied(like legit killed a person just for an experiment for crying out loud) and then being so nonchalant about planning to murder their own friend and at the same time so casually attending dinners and smoking cigars and drinking themselves to death. they were really one ELIST GROUP of members.
henry winter a magnificent beast, the way he drove me into believing every word uttered by him was the real truth and the only way a person should see (rendered me speechless). my fav sociopath ever. he didn't have any moral compass in his life and it DROVE me insane but man de he eat me up like who say things like “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.” i mean MORE ICONIC can you be and its just how serene calm and composed he is throughout this.
richard papen was a listless yet igniting character in itself. what i will say is that he was rather overexaggerating b!tch like fr just sshhhh. i mean he was like really one of the rational ones but do u really like to read abt the one who is rational for a murder. he literally had his infatuation abt well everyone and seemly everyone played him and that dorove him to the monstrosity of the life he has now. he overall a lovely student but i need MORE essence
camila macaulay was down to earth a very fascinating woman, you could never really truly figure her out but you had this gut of trust in her and ykw they say "women empower women"
francis abernathy my anxious gay babe he was such a flirt and like we needed this kind of energy in our book it was a necessity.
charles macaulay i really truly liked his charm in the book but when i got to know how he treated camila i just see hot red pang of hate for him
bunny/ edmund corcoran was a silly soulless drenching homophobic & the guy who was murdered(nvm)
julian morrow he didn't play such a big role, but it will always faze me how he could carry to manage these 6 truly compelling characters in a single room.
lastly i would just like to quote lady gaga "i don't believe in the glorification of murder"but if its them it's all right