The Secret History (Hardcover) by Donna Tartt

from Meredy

Six-word review: Marked forever by one evil deed. Extended review: I recently read The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. On the cover of the hardback edition is a blurb that says: "Mixes the small-town surrealism of Twin Peaks with the clandestine-society theme of Donna...

from gpangel

I seldom ever re - read a book. But, every now and then one comes along that makes such an enormous impression, I know I'll have to read it again. This is one of my favorite novels. I haven't read it in many years. I lent out the first copy I had and never saw it again, the same with the second c...

from kraaivrouw

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I've read it numerous times since it first came out and I enjoy it every single time and every single time I am so sorry to finish it. It belongs to what I think of as a trio of books about school along with Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand and Gaudy Ni...

from kraaivrouw

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I've read it numerous times since it first came out and I enjoy it every single time and every single time I am so sorry to finish it. It belongs to what I think of as a trio of books about school along with Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand and Gaudy Ni...

from ropie

The plot of The Secret History is straightforward and quite predictable. It's the way in which Donna Tartt draws the reader very, very slowly into the world of her Classics students, however, revealing facets of their characters and lives, which made the novel work for me. The fictional collegiat...