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The Secret History

Donna Tartt

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Sep 10, 2025 aliyah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: my-favorites, thriller-mystery, academia

"One likes to think there's something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I've learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn't conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool."

This book is art and such an entertaining read. This is definitely a modern classic, and the pages are filled with morally gray characters who are pretentious in everything they do. But that ending plot twist?? Gagged me.

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Jan 11, 2023 danielle ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ rated it it was ok

absolutely adored the goldfinch but this book didn’t deliver what i expected it to deliver. dead poets society if they went on a murder spree.

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May 13, 2024 Mya rated it it was amazing

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An amazing read for me! Was completely invested in these characters the whole time. I had to take a break *because life *, didn’t get to pick it back up for about four months, and was able to hop right back in like it had only been a few hours. This is the type of book you could reread a few times in your life.

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