The Secret History

TWs: Animal death, drug and alcohol use, incest, PTSD/trauma, suicide/suicide attemptLive Forever.Richard joins a Greek class in college and is sucked into a whirlwind of events. I loved the writing and the prose of this book so, so much. The imagery and descriptions flowed throughout the book. I enjoyed the various references to different books, especially when Dostoevsky's [b:Crime and Punishment 7144 Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1382846449l/7144.SY75.jpg 3393917] was mentioned. (C&P spoilers!!)I could see the contrast between the two. I felt like they were opposites, in a way that Raskolnikov committed the crime, yet had support from his loved ones, and turned himself in.In [b:The Secret History 29044 The Secret History Donna Tartt https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451554846l/29044.SY75.jpg 221359], they all committed the murder, and in the end were going against each other, mistrusting, and eventually the death of Henry, and the severe trauma and PTSD afterward. I wonder how Henry truly felt at the end. It's kind of sad that the group eventually fell apart, but I suppose it wasn't an ideal/realistic one in the beginning. I was probably most sad at Richard's wound (and the events prior to it), like none of them really cared, or cared a lot, about him. Yet he helped, tried to figure it out with them, and make sense of all of this. A beautifully written, sad, tense, and secret history.