The Secret History

No, y'all are crazy.

If Donna Tartt hadn't included that prologue, I never would've made it past, I don't know, perhaps page 30. The only thing that kept me going was the curiosity of why these asshole kids killed their asshole friend. Once I figured out why, I only finished it because I was curious what the last 60% of the book included. Surely something even better than a friend group turning on one of their own, right? Nope. Not in my opinion at least. Call me stupid, but I don't understand the motivation behind the major event near the end. Just... why? I also absolutely cannot believe a college student from California would be as smart as... uh what's the main character's name again? The one who has no purpose in the story? The one who could be completely eliminated without affecting the plot? Hold on, I'll look it up... oh yeah, Richard. That Richard would be as smart as he is and allow himself to almost freeze to death. Californian's understand cold weather and death by exposure just like people in other parts of the country.

The whole thing was just dreadfully dull.