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A review by zaiphon
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The writing alone deserves recongition and is the star in this novel. The characters are written in layers that unravel the deeper the story progresses, even though half the time you want to punch them all in the face. The concepts and ambiguous feelings and thoughts of the characters draw you into the story.
For the first half of the book, we are introduced to the characters with the knowledge of a death of one of the group of friends. These characters are introduced as a group who pride themselves of the arts and view themselves as highly intelligient. As you read along, you face concepts of intellectualism and a fall from reality as well as morality. The way these are presented to the reader is through one characters POV, who becomes involved with Julian and the greek class. As the reader, you are seeing the changes in Richard, POV MMC , as he is interwined further with these characters. Additionally, all the other chatacters get their chance to morph and change throughout the story as well. The second half is like it is watching everything just fall apart even more than you could imagine from the first half.
Highly recommend for someone who wants to read something that will encourage conversation and leaves lots of the story's development in the readers hands to fully piece it all together.
Side note: I for some reason found Richard and Nick from Great Gatsby so very similiar narrators and found it funny I was reading these both at the same time.
For the first half of the book, we are introduced to the characters with the knowledge of a death of one of the group of friends. These characters are introduced as a group who pride themselves of the arts and view themselves as highly intelligient. As you read along, you face concepts of intellectualism and a fall from reality as well as morality. The way these are presented to the reader is through one characters POV, who becomes involved with Julian and the greek class. As the reader, you are seeing the changes in Richard, POV MMC , as he is interwined further with these characters. Additionally, all the other chatacters get their chance to morph and change throughout the story as well. The second half is like it is watching everything just fall apart even more than you could imagine from the first half.
Highly recommend for someone who wants to read something that will encourage conversation and leaves lots of the story's development in the readers hands to fully piece it all together.
Side note: I for some reason found Richard and Nick from Great Gatsby so very similiar narrators and found it funny I was reading these both at the same time.