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Literary Mystery Thriller 1992

The secret history by Donna Tartt

Published in Spanish as El Secreto

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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…

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What it is

A narrator who doesn't tell you the truth · it messes with your head

What happens in it

School setting Unreliable narrator

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
  • you're drawn to the dark side of people
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth

Maybe not if…

  • you're after something comforting
  • you read in bed right before sleeping

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