A review by uuuultraviolennnnt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A meme on Pinterest accurately divides this masterpiece of a story into 20% ‘oh, cool greek lit students living it up,’ and 80% ‘umm wtf wtf wtf!’

I wtf-ed at Tart’s narration in the best ways, every plotline wetted my appetite for more, more of this, more filler even, more, more, Donna Tart makes me want more, all these filmesque settings and days à-la-chaine of nothing but clever character studies filled to the brim with all their troubles, their lives out in Vermont, their student life, their family lives, their decandence and deviancies and convulsing abnormality, their unnatural pull. I love them.