A review by bookishpriest
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

Fabulous premise and setting, loved the writing style, could not engage with the characters. They feel either flat and uninteresting or contrived for the sake of the story, particularly the narrator. Richard Pepin feels like a character designed to be a narrator rather than an agent present in the story. Maybe this was a nod to Virgil and the Divine Comedy, but if so it wasn't clear enough to land for me.