The Secret History Review

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

It sounded so interesting to me initially, a secret society of college students and what happens within.  Honestly, it wasn’t the sit on the edge of my seat thriller I was expecting.  The action kind of ebbed and flowed. 

Overall the book was entertaining, but it was long and more drug out than needed.  And honestly the vocabulary (I hadn’t realized the secret society centered around classical Greek) seemed unnecessarily pretentious. 

I liked the story but could have done with a little less of the academic flair. 

I am: Entertained