I
finished the Secret History, but only by skimming past page 80. I couldn't get past
the fact that I couldn't suspend my disbelief that any of the
characters were friends with Bunny, or that he could have made it into
Julian's class. It's perhaps not quite as unbelievable as Peter
Pettigrew being friends with James and Sirius, but Bunny's supposed
charm is a complete mystery to me.
I think the problem is that Tartt initially only shows us Bunny's awful qualities, perhaps to soften our hearts toward his classmates,
and only later does she start to emphasize his good points, in order that we might feel some regret at what has happened, but at that point she's telling, not showing.
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