The Secret History

The Secret History

1992 • 578 pages

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15

An amazing accomplishment. The dialogue, alone, sustained for so many pages, is impressive! I'll be thinking about this book for a long time, and wish that I had been reading it with someone else so that I could discuss.
I like Goldfinch better, partly because these characters didn't go very far. The setting and personalities started to wear a bit.
There were times in the first half that I considered bailing. It was slow in parts and quite dark, but I'm glad that I persevered.