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Originally Posted by a l'ouest
I had to put down The Secret History. I made it halfway through hoping to get into it but, geez, the characters are so damn pretentious and unlikable.
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I agree. I read it years ago, because I loved Tartt's
The Goldfinch, but I was really disappointed by
The Secret History.
I read later that Tartt went to Bennington with Brett Easton Ellis, the author of
American Psycho and
Less than Zero, and I wondered if there wasn't a class or two that they took together about how to write about violence and despicable characters. Or maybe they were both just young and new at writing, and thought this would sell.