Comments on: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

By: Kari

Kari — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:04:16 +0000

I have not read it, though I have heard it mentioned several times. This is the one that seemed to come up most often, though, so I read this one. I will put The Little Friend on my list, though. Thanks!

By: Sara C.

Sara C. — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:25:38 +0000

Hey Kari! Have you read Donna Tartt’s other novel, The Little Friend? I would say it’s ten times better than The Secret History (although it’s very, very dark and extremely creepy.)

By: Anne N.

Anne N. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:53:10 +0000

I loved that book! It took the author something like ten years to right her next book (which was OK). Another book that has a few similarities is The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman…more reader-friendly, though.

By: Kari

Kari — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:27:31 +0000

Thanks!

Mostly that I was having outside interruptions, because then I didn’t feel like reading. (But the slowness contributed, too, because I would have felt a little more like reading if it was a little faster.)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:02:55 +0000

This is one of the books on the Top 100 list that I had never heard of…did it take you a long time to get through it more because of outside interruptions or because it was so slow in the beginning?

Love your blog-

By: Kari

Kari — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:11:27 +0000

You will probably like The Secret History, but as you can tell from the description, it’s kind of dark. I felt like it was one of those types of books that you and I read and then talk about.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:14:26 +0000

I had no idea that’s what this was about! I think I want to read it now.

(Also, it’s been very slow going for me in general with reading lately, and The Post-Birthday World specifically – I like it, but I am dragging through it.)

(Also also, I just found out that one of my friends (my brother’s friend, really) works at your farmer’s market! (I think he’s there for a CSA/co-op or something))