Review by greenmoulin - The Secret History

greenmoulin 's review for:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

I did like this book but it was excruciatingly difficult to get through. I am not one to read slow books because of short attention span, but I stuck through with this book and am quite glad I did. Had some moments which were incredibly hard to get through but also had beautiful writing and really interesting parts threaded through the pages. I was fond of Francis’s character and found that Richard is definitely an unreliable narrator, but that just makes the book more interesting, doesn’t it? I would definitely recommend it, it’s got a sort of gothic undertone vibes in my opinion.

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