The Secret History in ✦ The Library at the End of the World ✦

Sep 14, 2021 kezzie ʚ♡ɞ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lipstick-ready, aged-wine, ancient-worlds

✩ 5 stars
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it truly was an interesting read and one I throughly enjoyed and actually loved that it was shocking and in full honesty not what I expected.
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it challenged actually my thinking and it had me hooked from the first sentence.
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I can’t fully express my feelings for this book and this story but just it truly blew my mind and expectations away!

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Dec 22, 2020 Elly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, dark-academia

RE-READ: April-may 2022
I re-read this novel more carefully, now, trying to understand all the references and sub-plots and little details that I had certainly missed the first time around.
I still had that hunting feeling of deep loss, when I finished it, but I didn't cry: the foreshadowing was evident, clear as daylight, from the very beginning and the sorrow and sadness I felt at the end had a weird impact on me.
I was aware of all the reasons behind what happens during the last chapter an ...more

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Apr 24, 2022 liberty rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dark-academia, favourties, five-stars

Donna Tartt I will never forgive for that ending.

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Jun 26, 2021 leila rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3.5

To be perfectly fair, I would've killed Bunny too if I had the chance.

Edit: looking at the reviews for this book is hilarious. So many "I hate every character" and "I couldn't relate to any of the characters." Honey, if you relate to — or even passably like — any of the characters in this book, get help. You're not meant to. ...more

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Oct 12, 2022 Ronja Jolanda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favs, dark-academia

Henry Winter might have done terrible things but my goodness he was hot

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Nov 26, 2021 Elena Marmiroli rated it it was ok

Shelves: letti-in-lingua-straniera, buddy-reads

1,5

Questo libro risulta facilmente come il libro più noioso che abbia letto di recente, in quanto sia la trama, che la narrazione, non sono minimamente riuscite a coinvolgermi.
So che ad altre persone quest'opera piaciuta, ma non fa decisamente a caso mio.

Inoltre, avendolo ascoltato come audiolibro in lingua originale, narrato dall'autrice, devo dire che quest'ultima non è in grado di dare enfasi nella lettura del suo stesso libro.

In più, questo libro è ricco di immotivata omofobia, cosa che non ...more

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Nov 19, 2024 kierstin belt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was very conflicted on my rating after finishing this book. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to give it 4 ☆s or 5. On one hand, I loved everything about this book on the other however, it didn’t give me the normally giddy feelings I get from a 5 but I think that all comes down to the type of book this is which led me to ultimately decide, after sitting with it for a few hours, that I cannot not give it 5 ☆s!!

Edit : it’s been over 24 hours since finishing this book and I cannot think of anything e ...more

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Apr 29, 2022 Ana Gonçalves rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I find it hard to put into words everything I feel. It was beautiful, tragic, heart-wrenching. I was surprised at the hold it had on me and I am 100% sure it will linger in my mind and the characters will haunt me and follow me around for the longest time. Donna Tartt did an excellent job creating these unique, broken, lonely characters. I loved all of them and saw so much of myself in them. I felt connected to Richard the most. I could relate so much to the way he thought, viewed the world, the ...more

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