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chodoyodes · 7 months ago

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Can’t believe how blinded I was by fujoshisim when I first read this book (Richard/Francis shipper…) and now my matured mind obsessed with underlying rot and fucked up dynamics is in full bloom and I’m LOVING it

#chodo rambles #the secret history #can’t wait for the Charles/camilla bomb to drop in this reread #I’ve been picking up on the subtext #i think all the Greek kids have to embody some sort of Greek or Roman archetype #but I’ve not read enough Greek/roman prose to really grasp the specific ones #but the way Julian keeps them all in his little orbit #and the thing Richard says about him only seeing their best qualities #I don’t think it’s exactly that but maybe their archetypal ones #and when they break the mold post-murder it drives him away #the IMPLICATIONS Tartt bakes into this book under the prose and surface level aesthetic #masterful…

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