A review by elena2000rr
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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

3.0

The characters are insufferable and Richard is nothing more than a bystander in all of this with a serious problem of absence of personality, a bunch of pretentious rich kids doing drugs and killing people featurin an idiot who idolizes them . Again I hated everyone but I think that's the point of the book,
I only felt bad for Camilla and maybe Francis at the end
. The book is well written, I'll give it that. 
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