A review by mromie
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Dark academia,
certainly a modern Greek tragedy with plotted schemes, drunken rituals, betrayal of those closest, murder, sacrifice, and incest to say the least


“Death is the mother of beauty…beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it…We want to be devoured by it, to hide ourselves in that fire which refines us”
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