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The Secret History: A Read with Jenna Pick
A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times
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I wasn't a huge fan of this. It felt like it took me forever to finish and I just wasn't that interested in the characters.
A Dark Academia staple. Do you remember reading Harry Potter as a kid and just wanted so badly to be apart of Hogwarts? It felt like that. I never wanted this book to end because I loved just living in their atmosphere.
The dynamics of the characters and they change and develop...how some are included and others secretly excluded, it's a complicated dynamic that makes this book so enticing.
i liked it. the vibes i wanted were definitely there. i listened to the audio while reading along. i highlyyy suggest listening to the audio bc i would have lost interest without it.
dnf'd at 8%. i am so sure i'd love this book if i read it all the way through but i'm not in the headspace to look up a greek translation/history/myth every few paragraphs just to keep up with what's going on.
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