Star Wars: Force Collector (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)
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In this Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker young adult novel set just before The Force...
The Dragon Flyers Series: Books 1-3: The Dragon Flyers Collection
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A secret club. An evil foe. Three friends against incredible odds … All David wants is to be a...
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Secret History in Books
Jan 3, 2018
Surrounding a misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. He becomes engulfed in their dark secrets and things spiral out of control.
The atmosphere surrounding this group of elitist college students smacks of a wannabe Great Gatsby - there's a sense of self-importance, entitlement, and grandeur, of self-indulgence and pretence. While this worked to an extent in terms of characterisation, it also made for a great exasperation for the reader. The characters are so unlikable that you don't even care about what happens to them. And they do appear to be grotesque caricatures of 19th century archetypes bolted on to an otherwise standard 1980's drink and drugs college environment.
The characters lacked depth, although Tartt attempted to mirror them in the Greek stories they studied. In essence it is a good story with some stylish writing but also some dull and tedious conversations and descriptions. Disappointing.
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Class Timetable
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Stand in Books
Dec 31, 2017
I read the book in college and loved it. By this time I was a post apocalyptic junkie and the good vs evil concept was awesome.