/lit/ - Literature

lit, or is she overrated?

This book would be much better if Tartt added a black janitor as a comic relief character in whom the 5 friends eventually confide.
He would say things like "you crackas did WHAT to that little white fella?!" or "you in some deep shit now ya sisterfucking bitch"

I don't want it to end, I haven't loved a book so much in a while.

How do you feel about the novel The Secret History By Donna Tartt /lit/?

Just a potboiler lacking in literary merit? Or a Future Classic?

P.s. Bunny did nothing wrong

Just finished this, and I don’t know why but I’m addicted. It’s as if Donna Tartte put a group of /lit/ psueds in a class together, the characters are absolute dumbasses about the real world. For some reason it’s far less emotional than I would have expected based on the premise, it’s actually rather bleak. General discussion, feed me your thoughts.
tldr; Bunny did literally nothing wrong

What's the most thrilling "literary" novel you've ever read?

The Great American Novel.

>Dark Academia the book

Anymore Dark Academia books or does Tartt top it all?

>get to the surprise homoerotic scene near the middle of the book
>can't stop thinking about how much I want a /lit/ old money bf from the east coast
Books for this feel?

Woah, I didn't know studying Classics was this cool. I'm about to attend Uni this Fall(after a year of waiting) and am now stuck between Classics, English, and Philosophy. Does studying Classics make you a better writer/fluent in ancient greek?

This book was comfy af. I wish my college experience was something like this.

I just finished this. I loved it. What should I read next?

what do we think about this? am i gay for thinking it'll be cool?

So what'd we think of this fellas? Anyone else pop a boner at that scene with Francis and Richard? Yeah, you know which one I'm talking about.

Why did /lit/ tell me this was good? Aside from name dropping some greek shit, it seems like typical YA shit. Filled with shitty caricatures of college students, typical muh guilt theme that has been done better a million other times, and a bunch of edgelords unrealistically sitting around doing drugs and translating ancient greek texts.

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just finished pic related, are her other books good?

Are are Greco-Roman autists so deboucharous? Sex, narcotics, violence, etc. Bunny deserved better

Okay I finally fucking read Tartt's Secret History. I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you /lit/.

The first half was comfy as fuck. I wanted to major in classics when I was a teen, and all the references to Greek grammar and literature give me a warm nostalgic feeling.
I want to read something else with the academic and cozy feel of the first 5 chapters. Any recommendations? Already read Forster's Longest Journey. Should I put Brideshead Revisited on my list? Should I read more Tartt?

However, I feel like the second half was mostly dead weight with a couple highlights towards the end. The second half feels like the author is writing fanfiction for her own characters almost. The book should have ended after the murder imo.

>>11436746
The Secret History is better (and not nearly as much of a slog to finish) but less ambitious than Goldfinch.