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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

September 27, 2024 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

The Story: the narrator (Richard, although his name is used so rarely that I kept forgetting what it was) leaves an unhappy existence in California to attend the small, private Hampden College in Vermont. There, he decides to study Greek under an enigmatic professor, Julian, alongside a small, elitist group of other Classics students: cold and intellectual Henry, anxious hypochondriac Francis, twins Charles and Camilla (I wish I could find descriptors for these other than “twin,” but unfortunately they’re both very thinly drawn), and Bunny, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history

Ellesfena's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history ·
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Full Cannonball, Total Banger

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

December 8, 2022 by Zirza 4 Comments

Alright, maybe not a total banger – more like a satisfyingly slow burn – but I wanted to finish my Cannonball Read with something I’ve wanted to read for a while and it ended up being this. I was planning on reading it someday, so when I came across a copy in at a thrift store (cost me about three bucks in conjunction with The Little Friend) I figured fate was trying to tell me something.  I was working as a lowly book shop employee […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: college life, crime, Crimebags, Donna Tartt, the secret history

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: college life, crime, Crimebags, Donna Tartt, the secret history ·
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Rainbow Rowell is my spirit animal.

August 22, 2016 by ingres77 10 Comments

I am iridescent with joy. I am pregnant with wonder. Gestating within me is the belief that regardless of how much I love the book, if Rainbow Rowell is writing it, I will absolutely love the people she fills it with. When my egg hatches, I will be gifted with the certainty that Rainbow Rowell is my new favorite author. Part of my effervescence, no doubt, is due to the long string of unhappiness in which I’ve enshrouded myself. The Girl on the Train, Cujo, The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: college life, Cujo, fanfiction, Fangirl, Gone Girl, happiness, Rainbow Rowell, The Girl On The Train, The Kite Runner, Young Adult

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: college life, Cujo, fanfiction, Fangirl, Gone Girl, happiness, Rainbow Rowell, The Girl On The Train, The Kite Runner, Young Adult ·
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