I just don’t know how to articulate my emotions! Right off the bat, I can undoubtably with assertion state that I am in love with Donna Tartt’s writing. God, I hope this book keeps the momentum because I freaking LOVE this book right now. Now, as I am sitting here about to write about Part 1, it is the 27th of December as I have only just finished Part One of The Secret History. As a result, I will be writing this post at varying times. So the first half of this review will only be my thoughts about Part One and the second half of this review will be about Part Two. I thought, since The Secret History is divided into two parts, I’ll put my review in two parts also.

This review is going to be formatted slightly different from my typical review posts.

Because I find the writing itself to be intense, in that, I have to pay attention to it specifically – because I freaking love the lyrical and powerful quality of Donna Tartt’s writing! And The Secret History was that bitch for me. As a result, I kind of wanted to read a book that would kind of force me to take my time in reading it. Not only have I been wanting to read it for so long, I had also just finished a binge-reading MONTH (i legit read 20 books in the month of December – so 20 books in 27 days as it is the 27th as I’m writing this). But then last week, I decided to take the plunge and actually read The Secret History. Aaaaand then it stayed on my shelf for however long it was chilling there. the secret history by donna tarttīut I eventually said fuck it, book sizes DON’T INTIMIDATE ME, I got this. And yes, every book is a commitment – but this book…SHE THICC. But before I finally decided to purchased the book for myself, I would always pick it up when I was at the bookshop and contemplate whether I should buy it – because in my mind, it would be a commitment.

I should say my theoretical TBR, I didn’t own a physical copy till last year (2018), I think. The Secret History has been a book that has been on my TBR for what seems like forever. Okay, so to bring some context to this post I just want to briefly talk about why I decided to read The Secret History now. Hi friends! I hope every had a merry christmas or a happy hannukah or just an overall great holiday week! I just wanted to thank everyone who has been commenting and liking my blog posts even though I have not been super active. I began writing this post in the last week of December, and beware this has SPOILERS.

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