The Secret History

I had high hopes for this book, and it was ok but not really for me. Maybe I'm older than the target audience, too dumb, or too impatient. Or maybe my expectations were just too high.

I was expecting a real mystery and something really smart. There were Greek studies, but does that mean that they're super intelligent..? Or that the plot is?

I struggled getting through the 600 pages of this book, but I was not going to give up because I thought I must be missing something, there must be something being revealed later on that makes the whole story. It never got there, for me, but I'm glad I finished it so I don't have to wonder.

It's not bad, by any means, I did want to know what was going to happen, but it wasn't the masterpiece I was hoping for. It left me feeling like I had wasted my time engaging in the sobbings of group of entitled brats.

It also took me a loooong time to understand who was who of the brats, I got them mixed up all and didn't connect with them very much. A bit more the longer I read, but I didn't really care about any of them. Again, maybe I'm too old. I just wanted to tell them to grow up and get a life.

If you like powering through bricks in academic settings with a touch of myth and dark secrets, this might be for you. Lots of people like it. It left me kind of meh.