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The Secret History

Donna Tartt

DID NOT FINISH

I'm DNF'ing at 38% because I am so bored I want to die and the idea of reading this is making me not want to read books ever again. Bye.

"I don't know what's going on here. This whole building. It's not right."


You know what else isn't right? All the lead up for a "meh" reveal at the end. The book was good, well paced and interesting. Riley Sagar knows his genre well, and writes intricate thrillers with a whole lotta characters and stories to keep the pages turning. My only issue with this book, and why it gets a solid 3.5 from me, is that the ending was...meh. There was a lot of hype and lead up to what the grand reveal is, and this was...not as exciting as I was hoping for.


SpoilerI mean come on a cult would have been way more interesting that rich people harvesting poor people organs. lol


This was just like, Oh Jude, I'm so sorry, but really I'm not, because of love.
I hate Locke and now I hate love too.
Just kidding, about love, but I still hate Locke.