Song of Solomon
Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her most recent novel, The Goldfinch, established herself as a major talent with The Secret History, which has become a contemporary classic. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.
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I loved the beginning of this book so much. The beginning is a 5; I thought I'd found a new favorite. But the book gets increasingly more stressful and the characters grow more hateful and the second half I was just eager for the book to end.
This is one of the most stuffy and long-winded books I've ever read.
That was my original thought, as I looked down to see that I was only 3% through the book when I could have sworn I was at least 20% through. If you would have told me at that point that I would end up really enjoying this book, I would have called you crazy. And a liar. And probably something that would need asterisks in place of letters.
It was a long (and sometimes exhausting) ...read more
That was my original thought, as I looked down to see that I was only 3% through the book when I could have sworn I was at least 20% through. If you would have told me at that point that I would end up really enjoying this book, I would have called you crazy. And a liar. And probably something that would need asterisks in place of letters.
It was a long (and sometimes exhausting) ...read more
dark academia, writing style, and the characters.
the vibe surrounding the story and the beauty of each word written.
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Very, VERY overwritten. Got boring in the middle. Good book, but too long. Unnecessary story line that only added to confusion.
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What a long-winded story with insufferable characters. This one was not for me
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