And not to forget Richard is looking back at his college years and the events were not happening at the same time. So it is possible the way he tells the story is to hide a lot of details, or maybe he just forgot all the details. The romanticized way he puts most things always felt to me like a bandage on a wound as if he was covering the darker parts of the story. Almost all the characters are gay to an extent, as if Donna was trying to just confuse us which I think fits for what the story is about. Personally I don't eaxctly ship any of them lol. Francis's sexuality was always considered by everyone as gay but it's not ever confirmed that he can bi or pan or something else.
I put the book down and put my hands on my mouth when we got the incest reveal, it made me....sick. It wasn't that shocking since Richard literally thought they were a couple before he was told they were twins. It was Charles's dark side reveal that shocked me and disgusted me more (thank god, Henry took her away from Charles at the right time). I also think the reason Charles was obsessed with Camilla might be because of the greek thing, maybe he took Julian's greek ideals to heart. I also think Henry and Camilla as a couple isn't really romantic (it could be seen as one) but it seemed quite mild incomparison to what others were up to.
This book is so messy. It keeps me up at night. The problem is I don't know anyone who has read it near me, so these hcs keep me alive.
So, for my sanity. Let me get this straight (lol); Henry was in love with Camilla and she was in love with him. And Richard was also in love with Camilla but she friendzoned him. Francis and Camilla had kissed (twice) and Charles was furious. Francis was flirting with Richard the entire time ( "cubitum eamus") Richard fantasized about spending his old years with Francis (and they kissed ofc). Richard also described Henry in a very no homo way. Francis and Charles were secretly hooking up. And so were Charles and Camilla (also, Charles was an abuser, why don't people talk about that more?). Richard described Camilla to look very masculine and like Charles to a tee, so he also liked Charles (?). Bunny was a huge homophobe, kinda sus; also had a strange interest in Henry. And Henry was probably in love with Julian (that little weird kiss mentioned ounce). I am a missing something?
Donna. Donna. Donna, what tf is this book is about?
First time reading The Secret History: A tragedy
Re-reading The Secret History: A comedy
I was laughing so hard when Bunny asked Henry what they all were doing up there, and FREAKING Henry Winter just says "Why, looking for new ferns"
He didn't have to say anything to Bunny. But Henry had to be dramatic before pushing his "best friend" to his death didn't he?
Henry Winter had a chance to be poetic and he was.
Henry: We're kind of missing something guys.
Richard: Cohesion?
Camilla: Teamwork?
Charles: A general sense of what we're doing?
Francis: And Bunny is not here.
Richard: Oh, and that, yeah.
Everyone: *five minutes of silence*
Julian: I don't understand young people nowadays, all they ever do is drugs!!! Disgusting.
Richard: *after taking Coke, LSD, random pills, probably meth, and other drugs* I know right! Tell me about it!
Read from page 90 to 112 ☠️
I wish I could read for longer but my habit is dying away~~~
There are so many details in this one book that it makes complete sense why Donna Tartt took a decade to write it
I can analyse it for a decade and still not understand everything and know every detail 😭😭😭😭
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
~Emliy Dickinson
*Dazai losing his mind over Fyodor being alive*
Chuuya: boy you gotta chill, we can catch him again
Dazai: we NEVER caught him in the first place!
Chuuya: Don't worry we will find him and catch him this time. The rest are fighting too they'll be okay.
Dazai: I CAN'T STAY CALM RIGHT NOW CHUUYA
Chuuya: who are you so worried about??
*sometime in the past*
Dazai: why are you always worried about things, it's not good to be this anxious
Atsushi: it took me a long time to find a family, I feel scared of losing them
Dazai, caught off-guard: losing? You will never lose us. We are the sticking kind
Atsushi: what will I do if I am alone ounce again?
Dazai: if it makes you feel better even if everyone else is gone, you will always have me
Atsushi: Dazai-san!!!🥺
*present time*
Dazai: CHUUYA WE NEED TO GO BACK TO JAPAN RIGHT NOW, someone needs me!!!
Chuuya: geez okay, let me hijack a helicopter first
Nikolai: I can take you with my ability
Dazai: what are you doing here right now???
Nikolai: I was taking selfies with Dos-kun's hand *waves the hand*
Chuuya: you're going to Japan too?
Nikolai: I need to meet the love of my life
Chuuya: you mean your enemy?
Nikolai: it's the same thing
Dazai, to himself: don't worry Atsushi-kun I'll come back. Stay strong. Kunikida will be with you until then.
Personally, after I have read TSH a million times, and I DON'T like any of them.
Richard is pretentious liar, who may be making up the entire story, who knows.
Henry.....I am not even gonna explain his faults. I still love him tho (I don't like him, it's a love/hate relationship).
Francis, used to be my favourite because I imagined him looking like Timothée Chalamet but now that I think, he wasn't much great either (although I still consider him more likeable than others, but that might be my delusion or want to find one good character).
Camilla is a mystery. I don't know anything about her and I don't trust Richard and how he made her the saint of the group. I know she is a fan favourite, I just don't get her, we see so little of her personality! What is this girlie thinking? (she could've made a great twist villain)
Charles. I know he was used as the "scapegoat" in the book but if he was the way he acted in the last chapters. I hate him.
Bunny, somehow the most normal one, makes my skin crawl with his words. I am conflicted about his murder.
What if all of them are red flags? (Kinda are)
Ps: I didn't put "none of them" because I knew it would get the most votes.
Asagiri really loves SSKK that's why he's killing everyone so they can have their gay ass reunion and say nice things about eachother and reassure eachother and support eachother in a mean way
Akutagawa: Stupid were-tiger lets everyone dieee
Atsushi, tears in his eyes because he is happy to see Aku: then why are you here bitch?
Akutagawa: to save you
Atsushi: 🫥🫥🫥
Akutagawa: because Dazai-san told me to! That's why I am gonna save you! For Dazai-san! For the mission!
Atsushi: well, I'll admit it's nice to see an.....ally
Akutagawa: yeah yeah sure...we are not allies..
Aya: I am right here. Stop flirting. The world is literally ending!
Suffering from burnout while working on an essay about burnout is the type of dramatic irony I want in my life.
What would you do in a trolley problem? Hit the 5 people in your way or save them and hit a spectator?
Hufflepuff: I would not like to hit anyone but if I had to.....the spectator. Because killing one person is better than 5.
Gryffindor: I would hit the 5 people, it would be wrong to kill an innocent bystander.
Ravenclaw: try to stop the trolley somehow or else jump off the trolley, I can't handle responsibility.
Slytherin: hit the 5 people, then reverse the trolley and hit the spectator. No witness, no crime.
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