Review by spicycheesecake - The Secret History

spicycheesecake 's review for:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

God, I finished this book at 1:30am the day before classes start. I can't go to sleep now without getting some of my thoughts down.

This book was beautiful. It's well-written, filled with interesting and captivating events, has loveable and relatable (to an extent) characters.

However, I found that some components of the book were slightly triggering, especially concerning Henry's actions and personality. I found myself feeling miserable as I read through part II. It was the accumulation of Bunny's death, everyone's illness, depression, alcoholism, and erratic behaviour that just made me feel so... depressed.

I read through all of part II in a single day so I could rid myself of these feelings and not have to worry about the suspense of what would happen next.

Even though I felt like shit for half the story, I loved this book so much. I loved every single little part about it. There is not one thing I disliked. Even though I found some things immoral, I think it spiced up the storyline a lot and made things so interesting. Very epic.

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