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Maxime
is 80% done
Tartt's writing feels like absorbing a painting in its finer details.
The funeral happened, and it was dark and gothic and perfect! Although the plot seems not to move at all. Only small plot details are dropped here and there. I knew Camilla is more than she lets on!
I like how Francis, Charles and Camilla are more prominent in the story now after the murder. Also, these people disgust me!
— Sep 05, 2021 02:09PM
The funeral happened, and it was dark and gothic and perfect! Although the plot seems not to move at all. Only small plot details are dropped here and there. I knew Camilla is more than she lets on!
I like how Francis, Charles and Camilla are more prominent in the story now after the murder. Also, these people disgust me!
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Maxime
is 67% done
I cannot stop reading. Although for my taste the story drags a bit, there were too many details that seemed irrelevant. The police investigation was a bit boring, but I am sure necessary for whatever follows.
All the characters are awful, evil human beings, I haven't read a book where all the main characters are so abhorrent. My theory is that Camilla is more than she lets own. The secret mastermind.
— Sep 04, 2021 07:52AM
All the characters are awful, evil human beings, I haven't read a book where all the main characters are so abhorrent. My theory is that Camilla is more than she lets own. The secret mastermind.
Maxime
is 50% done
The murder finally happened! This novel is really haunting and gets under your skin more than I would care to admit.
My only qualm with the novel is that I don't really buy into Richard being a straight white guy, I think it is very obvious that a female writer has written him.
— Sep 03, 2021 04:34AM
My only qualm with the novel is that I don't really buy into Richard being a straight white guy, I think it is very obvious that a female writer has written him.
Maxime
is 40% done
This is so good! You know a murder is about to happen, but it still feels like sitting on the edge of your seat!
All the characters are just awful human beings. Pretentious, posh, condescending classics students...
— Sep 02, 2021 03:45AM
All the characters are just awful human beings. Pretentious, posh, condescending classics students...
Maxime
is 30% done
A murder is to happen. But the winter chapter left me confused... Great novel!
— Sep 01, 2021 11:38AM
Maxime
is 20% done
I am enjoying it so far, but I feel a bit exposed because they are all philosophy students of sorts. I keep thinking that I would have enjoyed this even more in my early twenties, when I was a student myself.
— Aug 25, 2021 10:20AM
