The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
Taste attributes: dramacrimepsychologicalmysteryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA contained, weighty novel: dark and fresh. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
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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- Author
- Donna Tartt
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 608
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