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secret history,,,Donna tarrt, read it? What dis you think?

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deanychip · 12/01/2009 17:14

Im plowing on.

is it worth continuing?

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midnightexpress · 12/01/2009 17:42

Loved it (but it's about 15 years since I read it so can remember next to nothing about it).

LiffeyMermaid · 12/01/2009 17:41

I loved it!!
Teh Little Friend was a big disappointment.

SweetestThing · 12/01/2009 17:39

I loved it. Have recommended it loads of times to people. DH hated it, though.

NotQuiteCockney · 12/01/2009 17:38

I loved it. I think it did take me a bit of time to get into it, but I loved it.

UnquietDad · 12/01/2009 17:36

Very good indeed.

Bink · 12/01/2009 17:35

I came on this thread to say I thought it was tosh, one of those "Et in Arcadia ego (but not you, dear uninitiated reader, whose only conceivable entrée is this book which I have been courteous enough to pen for you)" fantasies like Brideshead and Alan Hollinghurst.

... but then I saw SixSpot loved it, and have experienced seismic sense of doubt in own judgment.

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deanychip · 12/01/2009 17:24

im kinda "plowing", not a great deal is keeping my attention.

got to the confession of the murder so far.

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francagoestohollywood · 12/01/2009 17:22

I loved the first 200 pages. Then got bored.

blackrock · 12/01/2009 17:21

I read it years ago and from what i remember it took a while to get going, but was a great and memorable read.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 12/01/2009 17:20

LOved it, I found the first 30 pages or so a struggle but after that was hooked, however others who read it for our book group were not taken by it.

pooka · 12/01/2009 17:19

Fantastic. Never felt like was ploughing on though.

SixSpot · 12/01/2009 17:16

But I was hooked from page 1, so it wasn't ever a question of needing to plough on - I couldn't put it down! I read it sitting on my kid brother's outside staircase over a couple of very hot days in Bologna, Italy - completely out of keeping with most of the weather in the book.

SheherazadetheGoat · 12/01/2009 17:16

yep, i seem to remember a ploughing on bit but it picks up.

silverfrog · 12/01/2009 17:16

absolutely fab. love it. must hunt out my copy and re-read (again...)

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deanychip · 12/01/2009 17:16

oh ok, will persevere.

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SixSpot · 12/01/2009 17:15

Fabulous, loved it. One of the best novels I've ever read.