The Secret History

A Novel

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mass market paperback

Published Nov. 7, 1993 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8041-1135-5
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3 stars (2 reviews)

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last - inexorably - into evil.

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reviewed The secret history by Donna Tartt

Giving up on Dark Academia

2 stars

I realize now that I have no idea what #DarkAcademia is as a genre (see my journey in my 2023 reviews feed). This is supposedly the best example. Magic really isn’t part of it.

This book isn’t for me. Outside of my mistaken expectations, the characters are assholes (a requirement!) and it went on way too long. The writing at the start made me take notice—Tartt can write—but I just didn’t care for this world and its people.

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4 stars

Subjects

  • Psychological
  • Fiction - Psychological Suspense