'The Secret History' is not a good book
1) Main characters are pretentious twats – this comes through despite the main narrator Richard's biased reporting.
The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on - BBC
On its publication in 1992 the reviews were overwhelmingly positive (Time magazine called it "viscerally compelling", Newsday labelled it "a ...
Donna Tartt: By the Book - The New York Times
The author of “The Goldfinch” and “The Secret History” says that ... Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel ...
I will not go into great detail about the summary of The Secret History ... This quote from the book neatly sums up the theme of The Secret ...
I'm not sure what to call this book. Maybe a psychological thriller covers it best, but in truth this is not a book that is easily put in a ...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Anthology of V.
I've never encountered another author with a smilier style, and that definitely made reading this book a unique experience, especially because ( ...
Richard takes great pains ... The writing is slow and meandering and many people might not like that but it didn't bother me in this story.
Review: The Secret History, Donna Tartt | The Bubble
... read. I do not stop for the next six hours. The book I'm referring to is The Secret History by Donna Tartt, perhaps the best thing to come ...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Crazy Bookish Love
No, not really. As I read on (with much difficulty in the beginning), I thought maybe later books like We Were Liars were based on this book.
The Secret History remains overtly Classical and Hellenistic, and reading it provoked in me that other great Greek concept, nostalgia, for my A- ...
Why read The Secret History? - Shepherd
Discover why The Secret History by Donna Tartt is such a great book to read ... Unlike many murder mysteries, the murder in this book is not the climax.
'The Secret History': Why the quintessential 'young American snob's ...
People still debate whether the novel is bad or good, but its many readers are not concerned about that. Kakutani calls the characters ...
But, do you know what? I preferred this book. I'm not saying it's the better of the two, but I just had a more enjoyable reading experience with ...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Cats & Coffee - Book Reviews
It ultimately becomes a murder mystery and, by the end, the reader really isn't meant to like any of the characters. They're pretentious to a ...
Descent from Good to Evil: A Review of The Secret History
As the book progresses and the characters begin to make fatal choices, it becomes harder to sympathize with them. Still, even as their actions ...
The Secret History explores the perils of being swept along in the headiness of youth, the desire to transcend the mundane and the ripple effects of a single ...
Donna Tartt's “The Secret History” VS. Patricia Highsmith's “The ...
Wonderful comparison. I have just read the Tart book not the Highsmith one. ... It is NOT so good to copy ideas (though copyright ...
While the book is full of plot twists, lavish writing, and jaw-dropping moments, it also has heavy themes, unlikable characters, and some slow ...
What I'm Reading: 'The Secret History' by Donna Tart - BOOKHIVE
At this point, I have no regrets because I absolutely adore this novel; I am so thoroughly ensconced in its world that I have no thoughts of ...
The Secret History - critical review: explored as a Greek Tragedy
' Reading the novel through this quote, their flaw is not only fatal as it leads to malice actions which they feel are justified, but it is ...
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